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Senate Bill S1591

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the requirement for motor vehicle operators to make reasonable efforts to clear accumulated snow and ice

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2017-S1591 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1229-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7765
2015-2016: S1155

2017-S1591 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires motor vehicle operators to make reasonable efforts to clear accumulated snow and ice from such vehicles when operating on a street or highway of the state; includes fines and exceptions.

2017-S1591 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1591
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. AVELLA, HAMILTON -- 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  requiring
   reasonable efforts be made to clear motor vehicles of accumulated snow
   and ice

   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 1229-e to read as follows:
   §  1229-E.  CLEARANCE  OF ACCUMULATED SNOW AND ICE. 1. A MOTOR VEHICLE
 OPERATOR SHALL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO REMOVE ACCUMULATED SNOW OR ICE
 ON SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  THE  WINDSHIELD,
 WINDOWS,  HOOD,  TRUNK  AND ROOF OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE, BEFORE OPERATING
 THE MOTOR VEHICLE ON ANY STREET OR HIGHWAY OF THIS STATE IN ORDER TO NOT
 POSE A THREAT TO OTHER PERSONS OR PROPERTY. ANY  OPERATOR  WHO  VIOLATES
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE FINED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
   2.  AN  OPERATOR  OF  A  NON-COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE WHO VIOLATES THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WHERE SUCH VIOLATION RESULTS IN THE  PERSONAL
 INJURY  OR  DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER PERSON, SHALL BE FINED NOT
 LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR
 EACH OFFENSE. AN OPERATOR OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE WHO VIOLATES THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION WHERE SUCH VIOLATION RESULTS IN THE PERSONAL
 INJURY OR DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER PERSON,  SHALL BE FINED  NOT
 LESS  THAN  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  NOR  MORE  THAN TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY
 DOLLARS FOR EACH OFFENSE.
   3. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY:
   (A) DURING THE TIME SUCH VEHICLE IS PARKED, OR
   (B) TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES AS DEFINED BY SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  ONE  OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  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.

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