| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2014 |
committed to rules |
| May 05, 2014 |
advanced to third reading |
| Apr 30, 2014 |
2nd report cal. |
| Apr 29, 2014 |
1st report cal.411 |
| Mar 18, 2014 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S6837
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
Votes
2013-S6837 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S6837 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6837
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to the processing of accident reports
PURPOSE: To provide more timely information about accident locations,
thereby improving mitigation efforts at dangerous locations to prevent
future accidents.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill would add a new Section 606 to the
Vehicle and Traffic Law, to require the Commissioner of the Department
of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to give priority to the processing of reports
of accidents involving serious physical injury or death.
JUSTIFICATION: Factors contributing to motor vehicle related deaths
and injuries are generally broken into two categories, the factors
that contribute to the actual cause of the accident, and those that
contribute to the severity of the accident. According to testimony
submitted at a recent Assembly joint hearing on "Preventing Deaths and
Injuries Caused by Reckless or Negligent Drivers," while human factors
are the major causes of accidents, the severity of an accident can be
attributed to factors such as speed, angle of collision, rigidity of
the object impacted, the design of the roadside environment, the
vehicle itself, and the location and action of the occupants.
Engineering and the design of the roadside environment can help to
2013-S6837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6837
I N S E N A T E
March 18, 2014
___________
Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the process-
ing of accident reports
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 606 to read as follows:
S 606. PROCESSING OF REQUIRED REPORTS. THE COMMISSIONER, WHEN PROCESS-
ING REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS FILED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, SHALL GIVE
PRIORITY TO REPORTS INVOLVING SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY (AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION 10.00 OF THE PENAL LAW) OR DEATH.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized
and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01764-01-3
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