Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 21, 2016 | signed chap.97 |
Jul 13, 2016 | delivered to governor |
Jun 15, 2016 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.286 substituted for a8702a |
Jun 07, 2016 | referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 06, 2016 | ordered to third reading cal.1471 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 26, 2016 | referred to transportation |
senate Bill S7938
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
David J. Valesky
(D, IP) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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S7938 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8702
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง502 & 1144-a, V & T L
S7938 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7938 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing vehicle displaying a blue or green light PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To increase the roadside safety of volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : The bill would require all motor vehicle operators to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vehicle parked, stopped or standing on the shoulder or any portion of a roadway while displaying a revolving blue light or revolving green light as authorized by law. The bill also would require that, on parkways and controlled access highways, due care would include moving from the lane containing or adjacent to the shoulder where such vehicles are parked, stopped or standing. JUSTIFICATION : The "Move-Over Law" requires drivers approaching stopped police,
S7938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7938 I N S E N A T E May 26, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- 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 opera- tion of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing vehi- cle displaying a blue or green light THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 3. Application for learner's permit. An application for a learner's permit shall be included in the application for a license. A learner's permit shall be issued in such form as the commissioner shall determine but shall not be issued unless the applicant has successfully passed the vision test required by this section and the test set forth in paragraph (a) of subdivision four of this section with respect to laws relating to traffic and ability to read and comprehend traffic signs and symbols and has satisfactorily completed any course required pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision four of this section. Upon acceptance of an applica- tion for a learner's permit the commissioner shall provide the applicant with a driver's manual which includes but is not limited to the laws relating to traffic, the laws relating to and physiological effects of driving while ability impaired and driving while intoxicated, the law for exercising due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or standing [authorized emergency vehicle or hazard] vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, explanations of traffic signs and symbols and such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe. S 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: (i) Upon submission of an application for a driver's license, the applicant shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic, the laws relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat- ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", or "Work Zone Safe- ty" awareness as defined by the commissioner, the law relating to exer-
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