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Assembly Bill A4861

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the driving of motor vehicles or motorcycles in bicycle lanes and bicycle paths in N.Y. city

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2017-A4861 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1132, amd §1800, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9891
2011-2012: A3466
2013-2014: A3770
2015-2016: A3699
2019-2020: A4519

2017-A4861 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the driving of motor vehicles or motorcycles in bicycle lanes and paths in a city with a population of one million or more; provides for a fine of $75; provides a conviction shall not be made part of the operating record of the person upon whom such liability is imposed and shall not be used for insurance purposes in the provision of motor vehicle insurance coverage.

2017-A4861 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4861
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
   the driving of motor vehicles or motorcycles in bicycle lanes or bicy-
   cle paths in a city with a population of one million or more

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
 section 1132 to read as follows:
   § 1132. DRIVING IN BICYCLE LANES OR BICYCLE PATHS  PROHIBITED.  EXCEPT
 FOR  EMERGENCY OR FIRE VEHICLES, NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE
 OR MOTORCYCLE IN A BICYCLE LANE OR BICYCLE PATH IN A CITY WITH  A  POPU-
 LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE.  THE  FOREGOING LIMITATION SHALL NOT
 PREVENT MOTOR VEHICLES FROM DRIVING IN BICYCLE LANES  OR  BICYCLE  PATHS
 WHEN DIRECTED BY POLICE OFFICERS OR FLAGPERSONS.
   § 2. Subdivision (b) of section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, A PERSON CONVICTED OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION FOR A VIOLATION OF  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL
 FOR CONVICTION THEREOF, BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN  SEVENTY-
 FIVE  DOLLARS  AND SHALL NOT BE MADE PART OF THE OPERATING RECORD OF THE
 PERSON UPON WHOM SUCH LIABILITY IS IMPOSED NOR  SHALL  IT  BE  USED  FOR
 INSURANCE PURPOSES IN THE PROVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE COVERAGE.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03097-01-7

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