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Senate Bill S4309

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Removes the prohibition on idling for the purposes of cars with a keyless ignition system

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2017-S4309 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1210, V & T L

2017-S4309 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the prohibition on idling for the purposes of cars with a keyless ignition system.

2017-S4309 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4309 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4309
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- 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 removing the
   prohibition  on  running  a  vehicle without a driver inside from cars
   with keyless ignition systems

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision (a) of section 1210 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 350 of the laws of 1967, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it
 to stand unattended without  first  stopping  the  engine,  locking  the
 ignition, removing the key from the vehicle, and effectively setting the
 brake  thereon  and,  when  standing  upon  any grade, turning the front
 wheels to the curb or  side  of  the  highway,  provided,  however,  the
 provision  for  removing  the key from the vehicle shall not require the
 removal of keys hidden from sight about the vehicle for  convenience  or
 emergency,  PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL NOT APPLY TO A CAR POWERED ON WITH A KEYLESS IGNITION SYSTEM  THAT
 CAN BE ACTIVATED REMOTELY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09757-03-7

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