Assembly Bill A6353

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits a city to impose a charge or fee for motorist services provided by a fire or police department

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  • Introduced
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    • 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-A6353 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §99-x, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6337
2015-2016: A2623

2013-A6353 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a city from imposing a charge or fee for motorist services provided by a fire or police department; defines "motorist" and "motorist services".

2013-A6353 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6353

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 25, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, GIBSON, BENEDETTO, TITONE, BARRON, SCAR-
  BOROUGH,  COLTON,  WEPRIN  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. ABBATE,
  ABINANTI, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, JACOBS, MARKEY,  MILLER,
  ROBINSON,  STEVENSON,  THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
  fees  and  charges  for motorist services provided by a fire or police
  department

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

  Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
section 99-x to read as follows:
  S 99-X. FEES AND CHARGES FOR MOTORIST SERVICES PROHIBITED.  1. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL  HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING
MEANINGS:
  (A)  "MOTORIST" MEANS ANY PERSON WHO OPERATES A MOTOR VEHICLE, AS THAT
TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND
TRAFFIC  LAW,  OR WHO IS AN OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
  (B) "MOTORIST SERVICES" MEANS ROADWAY AND ROADSIDE  SERVICES  PROVIDED
TO  MOTORISTS  WHEN  THEIR  MOTOR VEHICLES ARE INVOLVED IN COLLISIONS OR
OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE-RELATED INCIDENTS. SUCH SERVICES  INCLUDE,  BUT  ARE
NOT  LIMITED  TO:  EXTINGUISHMENT  OF  MOTOR VEHICLE FIRES; SECURING THE
ACCIDENT SCENE; STABILIZING AND SEARCHING THE MOTOR VEHICLE;  EVALUATING
MOTORISTS  FOR  INJURIES;  PROVIDING  FIRST  AID AND ASSISTING AMBULANCE
PERSONNEL; WRITING AN INCIDENT REPORT;  AND  WASHING  OFF  OR  OTHERWISE
REMOVING DEBRIS FROM THE ROADWAY.
  2. NO CITY SHALL IMPOSE A CHARGE OR FEE FOR MOTORIST SERVICES PROVIDED
BY  A  FIRE  DEPARTMENT  OR  POLICE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE CONTROL OF SUCH
CITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09782-01-3

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