Assembly Bill A7763B

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Includes vehicles operated by sanitation workers in the definition of hazard vehicle

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A7763 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S426
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §141-a to be §141-b, amd §§141-b, 117-a & 1180, add §159-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A8390, S6230

2015-A7763 - Summary

Includes vehicles operated by sanitation workers in the definition of "hazard vehicle".

2015-A7763 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7763

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  including
  vehicles  operated  by sanitation workers in the definition of "hazard
  vehicle"

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

  Section 1. Section 117-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 154 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
  S 117-a. Hazard  vehicle.   Every vehicle owned and operated or leased
by a utility, whether public or private, used in the construction, main-
tenance and repair of its facilities, every vehicle  specially  equipped
or  designed for the towing or pushing of disabled vehicles, every vehi-
cle engaged in highway maintenance, or in ice  and  snow  removal  where
such operation involves the use of a public highway, EVERY VEHICLE OPER-
ATED  BY  A  SANITATION OR RECYCLING WORKER IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR
HER OFFICIAL DUTIES and vehicles driven by rural letter  carriers  while
in the performance of [their] HIS OR HER official duties.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02493-01-5

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2015-A7763A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S426
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §141-a to be §141-b, amd §§141-b, 117-a & 1180, add §159-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A8390, S6230

2015-A7763A - Summary

Includes vehicles operated by sanitation workers in the definition of "hazard vehicle".

2015-A7763A - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7763--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. DenDEKKER, LUPARDO, CROUCH, SEAWRIGHT, HYNDMAN,
  ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RICHARDSON --  read  once  and
  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Transportation -- recommitted to the
  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
  -- 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 including
  vehicles operated by sanitation workers in the definition  of  "hazard
  vehicle"  and  to  including  hazard  vehicles  within  certain  speed
  restrictions

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

  Section 1. Section 117-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 154 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
  S 117-a. Hazard  vehicle.   Every vehicle owned and operated or leased
by a utility, whether public or private, used in the construction, main-
tenance and repair of its facilities, every vehicle  specially  equipped
or  designed for the towing or pushing of disabled vehicles, every vehi-
cle engaged in highway maintenance, or in ice  and  snow  removal  where
such operation involves the use of a public highway, EVERY VEHICLE OPER-
ATED  BY  A  SANITATION OR RECYCLING WORKER IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR
HER OFFICIAL DUTIES and vehicles driven by rural letter  carriers  while
in the performance of [their] HIS OR HER official duties.
  S  2.  Subdivision (e) of section 1180 of the vehicle and traffic law,
as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2010, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (e)  The  driver  of every vehicle shall, consistent with the require-
ments of subdivision (a)  of  this  section,  drive  at  an  appropriate
reduced  speed  when approaching and crossing an intersection or railway
grade  crossing,  when  approaching  and  going  around  a  curve,  when
approaching  a  hill crest, when approaching and passing by an emergency

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02493-03-6

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2015-A7763B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S426
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §141-a to be §141-b, amd §§141-b, 117-a & 1180, add §159-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A8390, S6230

2015-A7763B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes vehicles operated by sanitation workers in the definition of "hazard vehicle".

2015-A7763B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7763--B

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. DenDEKKER, LUPARDO, CROUCH, SEAWRIGHT, HYNDMAN,
  ORTIZ, COLTON, SKOUFIS, QUART, ABBATE, DILAN, MALLIOTAKIS,  LUPINACCI,
  RAIA,  GARBARINO,  RA,  CASTORINA,  LAVINE, FRIEND, CRESPO, McDONOUGH,
  MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, DAVILA,  RICHARD-
  SON,  SIMON,  SKARTADOS  -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Transportation  in
  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee  --  again  reported  from said committee with amendments, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  including
  sani-vans  and  waste collection vehicles in the definition of "hazard
  vehicle"  and  to  including  hazard  vehicles  within  certain  speed
  restrictions

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

  Section 1. Section 117-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 154 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
  S 117-a. Hazard vehicle.  Every vehicle owned and operated  or  leased
by a utility, whether public or private, used in the construction, main-
tenance  and  repair of its facilities, every vehicle specially equipped
or designed for the towing or pushing of disabled vehicles, every  vehi-
cle  engaged  in  highway  maintenance, or in ice and snow removal where
such operation involves the use of  a  public  highway  [and],  vehicles
driven  by rural letter carriers while in the performance of their offi-
cial duties, AND EVERY  SANI-VAN  AND  WASTE  COLLECTION  VEHICLE  WHILE
ENGAGED  IN  THE  COLLECTION  OF REFUSE AND/OR RECYCLABLE MATERIALS ON A
PUBLIC HIGHWAY.
  S 2. Section 141-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
758 of the laws of 1987, is renumbered section 141-b and amended to read
as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02493-07-6

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