Assembly Bill A297

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits any person from interfering with any official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal

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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-A297 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1119
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7508, S4128
2011-2012: A4020, S2754
2013-2014: A2380, S4595

2015-A297 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits any person from attempting to or to in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, cover, remove or otherwise interfere with any traffic control device or railroad sign or signal; provides an affirmative defense therefor that operator can show he or she was not aware of the device.

2015-A297 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   297

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ, JAFFEE, GALEF, CLARK, ENGLEBRIGHT,
  SCHIMEL, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PERRY --  read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
  the use of any device which affects the operation of a traffic-control
  signal

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

  Section  1. Section 1115 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 315 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1115. Interference with official traffic-control  devices,  railroad
signs  or  signals and other highway appurtenances. (a) No person shall,
without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter,  deface,  injure,
knock  down,  cover,  remove,  or  otherwise interfere with any official
traffic-control  device  or  any  railroad  sign  or  signal,   or   any
inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof; any
bridge  or  similar  structure;  any monument, lamppost, telephone pole,
fence, walk, curb, tree, rock cut or other  appurtenance  on  a  highway
right of way.
  (b) For the purposes of this section[,] THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE
THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  1.  to  ['deface']  "DEFACE"  shall include, but not be limited to, to
damage, destroy, disfigure, erase, ruin,  distort,  spoil  or  otherwise
change the external appearance of an object by the use of chalk, crayon,
paint, stain, ink or other similar material.
  2.  TO  "ALTER"  A  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO, CHANGING OR ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE SIGNAL INDICATIONS OF A
TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL BY USE OF  A  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  PREEMPTION
DEVICE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01781-01-5

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