Assembly Bill A2623

2015-2016 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
    • 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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2015-A2623 (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
2013-2014: A6353

2015-A2623 (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".

2015-A2623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2623

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BRENNAN, BENEDETTO, TITONE, SCARBOROUGH, COLTON,
  WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  ABBATE,  ABINANTI,  COOK,
  CYMBROWITZ, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, MARKEY, MILLER, ROBINSON, THIELE -- 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.
                                                           LBD02453-01-5

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