Assembly Bill A8496

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of head-mounted portable electronic devices while driving

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6435
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1225-d, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4879, S384
2017-2018: A2509
2019-2020: A3083

2013-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of head-mounted portable electronic devices while driving.

2013-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8496

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
  the use of head-mounted portable electronic devices while driving

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2 and  subdivision  4
of section 1225-d of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraphs (a) and (b)
of  subdivision 2 as amended by section 8 of part C of chapter 58 of the
laws of 2013 and subdivision 4 as amended by section 10  of  part  C  of
chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
  (a)   "Portable   electronic  device"  shall  mean  any  hand-held  OR
HEAD-MOUNTED mobile telephone, as defined by subdivision one of  section
twelve hundred twenty-five-c of this article, personal digital assistant
(PDA),  handheld device with mobile data access, laptop computer, pager,
broadband personal communication device, two-way messaging device, elec-
tronic game, [or] portable computing device,  or  any  other  electronic
device  when used to input, write, send, receive, or read text for pres-
ent or future communication.
  (b) "Using" shall mean holding OR WEARING a portable electronic device
while viewing, taking or transmitting images, playing games, or, for the
purpose of present or future  communication:  performing  a  command  or
request  to  access  a world wide web page, composing, sending, reading,
viewing, accessing, browsing, transmitting, saving or retrieving e-mail,
text messages, instant messages, or other electronic data.
  4. A person who holds OR WEARS  a  portable  electronic  device  in  a
conspicuous  manner while operating a motor vehicle or while operating a
commercial motor vehicle on a public highway including while temporarily
stationary because of traffic, a traffic control device, or other momen-
tary delays but not including when  such  commercial  motor  vehicle  is
stopped  at  the  side  of, or off, a public highway in a location where
such vehicle is not otherwise prohibited from  stopping  by  law,  rule,
regulation  or  any  lawful  order  or  direction of a police officer is
presumed to be using such device,  except  that  a  person  operating  a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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