Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 12, 2013 |
referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 05, 2013 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 04, 2013 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 28, 2013 |
1st report cal.134 |
Jan 09, 2013 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S745
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R) Senate District
2013-S745 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §115-c, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S5598
2013-S745 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Outlines when certain vehicles shall be considered an emergency ambulance service vehicle; provides that every vehicle operated for emergency medical service purposes owned by an entity or agency of the state, a public authority, a county, town, city or village certified pursuant to section three thousand five of the public health law to operate an ambulance or advance life support first response service, for the purposes of section one hundred one of the vehicle and traffic law shall be considered an emergency ambulance service vehicle.
2013-S745 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S745 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to emergency ambulance service vehicles PURPOSE: To include within the definition of "emergency ambulance service vehicle", vehicles operated by supervisory officers and medical directors so as to provide such vehicles authority to circumvent certain rules of the road during an emergency response in the same manner as other emergency vehicles are may currently SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would amend Vehicle and Traffic Law § 115-c to include within the definition of "emergency ambulance service vehicle", vehicles operated by supervisory officers and medical directors. EXISTING LAW: Current law provides that vehicles operated by a chief or assistant chief of a fire department are considered authorized emergency vehicles. JUSTIFICATION: Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1104 provides that the driver of an
2013-S745 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 745 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. FUSCHILLO, LARKIN, LAVALLE, MAZIARZ -- 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 emergency ambulance service vehicles THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 115-c of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 142 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: S 115-c. Emergency ambulance service vehicle. An emergency ambulance service vehicle shall be defined as an appropriately equipped motor vehicle owned or operated by an ambulance service as defined in section three thousand one of the public health law and used for the purpose of transporting emergency medical personnel and equipment to sick or injured persons. PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT EVERY VEHICLE OPERATED FOR EMER- GENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PURPOSES OWNED BY AN ENTITY OR AGENCY OF THE STATE, A PUBLIC AUTHORITY, A COUNTY, TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW TO OPERATE AN AMBULANCE OR ADVANCE LIFE SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE, WHEN OPERATED IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY BY OR UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A SUPERVISORY OFFICER OR THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF SUCH ENTITY OR AGENCY SHALL BE CONSIDERED AN EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE VEHICLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01419-01-3
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