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Assembly Actions -
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| Apr 11, 2016 |
referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.543 committee discharged and committed to rules |
| Apr 06, 2016 |
print number 7013a |
| Apr 06, 2016 |
amend and recommit to transportation |
| Mar 16, 2016 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S7013A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 58th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S7013 - Details
2015-S7013 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7013
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to designating human organ delivery vehicles as authorized
emergency vehicles
PURPOSE :
To define human organ delivery vehicles and designate them as an
authorized emergency vehicle.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Amends section 101 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to add
human organ delivery vehicles to the list of authorized emergency
vehicles.
Section 2: Adds a new section 117-e to the Vehicle and Traffic Law to
define human organ delivery vehicles and to require that any driver of
such vehicles has appropriate training in order to operate it as an
authorized emergency vehicle.
Section 3: Sets the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION :
2015-S7013 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7013
I N S E N A T E
March 16, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sens. SERINO, O'MARA -- 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 designating
human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 446 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
S 101. Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance, police vehicle
or bicycle, correction vehicle, fire vehicle, civil defense emergency
vehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle, blood delivery vehicle,
HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE, county emergency medical services vehicle,
environmental emergency response vehicle, sanitation patrol vehicle,
hazardous materials emergency vehicle and ordnance disposal vehicle of
the armed forces of the United States.
S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
117-e to read as follows:
S 117-E. HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE. ANY VEHICLE WHICH IS USED OR
INTENDED TO BE USED AND IS MAINTAINED OR OPERATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
TRANSPORTING HUMAN ORGANS OR HUMAN TISSUE ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS. NO
HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE SHALL BE OPERATED AS AN AUTHORIZED EMERGEN-
CY VEHICLE ENGAGED IN AN EMERGENCY OPERATION UNLESS THE DRIVER OF SUCH
VEHICLE HAS UNDERGONE APPROPRIATE TRAINING FOR THE OPERATION OF AUTHOR-
IZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES DURING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14459-02-6
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 58th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
2015-S7013A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S7013A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7013A
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to designating human organ delivery vehicles as authorized
emergency vehicles
PURPOSE :
To define human organ delivery vehicles and their operation and to
designate them as an authorized emergency vehicle.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Amends section 101 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to add
human organ delivery vehicles to the list of authorized emergency
vehicles.
Section 2: Amends section 114-b of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to add
transporting human organs, human tissue, or medical personnel for the
purpose of organ recovery or transplantation to the definition of
emergency operation.
Section 3: Adds a new section 117-e to the Vehicle and Traffic Law to
define human organ delivery vehicles and to require that any driver of
such vehicles has appropriate training in order to operate it as an
authorized emergency vehicle. It also requires that any such vehicle
2015-S7013A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7013--A
I N S E N A T E
March 16, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sens. SERINO, O'MARA, HANNON -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
portation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to designating
human organ delivery vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 446 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
S 101. Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance, police vehicle
or bicycle, correction vehicle, fire vehicle, civil defense emergency
vehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle, blood delivery vehicle,
HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE, county emergency medical services vehicle,
environmental emergency response vehicle, sanitation patrol vehicle,
hazardous materials emergency vehicle and ordnance disposal vehicle of
the armed forces of the United States.
S 2. Section 114-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
ter 460 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
S 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an author-
ized emergency vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in transporting a
sick or injured person, transporting prisoners, delivering blood or
blood products in a situation involving an imminent health risk, TRANS-
PORTING HUMAN ORGANS, HUMAN TISSUE OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL FOR THE PURPOSE
OF ORGAN RECOVERY OR TRANSPLANTATION, pursuing an actual or suspected
violator of the law, or responding to, or working or assisting at the
scene of an accident, disaster, police call, alarm of fire, actual or
potential release of hazardous materials or other emergency. Emergency
operation shall not include returning from such service.
S 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
117-e to read as follows:
S 117-E. HUMAN ORGAN DELIVERY VEHICLE. ANY VEHICLE WHICH IS OPERATED
BY OR ON BEHALF OF AN ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION, AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY OF THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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