NY State Senate Bill 2017-S6105

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to transportation
May 11, 2017	referred to transportation

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2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§141-c & 1118, amd §§1144-a, 1151, 1180 & 510, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S1761
2021-2022: S1391
2023-2024: S6808
2025-2026: S4804

2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing first responder safety zones.

2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6105

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to
establishing first responder safety zones

 PURPOSE :

Establishes "first responder safety zones" in order to improve the
safety of first responders entering the roadway in or near an
emergency response station.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one defines first responder safety zones.

Section two adds a new paragraph (d)to section 1144a of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law to require motorists to yield the right of way to
pedestrians and emergency vehicles in a first responder safety zone
and to provide fines for first and second violations of this
provision.

Section three amends section 1151 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to
add first responder safety zones to the right of way guaranteed by
crosswalks.

Section four amends paragraph (b) of section 1180 of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law to establish a maximum speed limit of fifteen miles per
hour in a first responder safety zone.

Section five adds a new section 1118 to the Vehicle and Traffic Law to
establish the required signage and markings to accompany first
responder safety zones.

Section six adds a new subparagraph(xviii) to paragraph (b) of
subdivision 2 of section 510 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to provide
for a one-year license suspension for third and subsequent violations
of paragraph (d) of section 1144.

Section seven provides the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Many volunteer fire departments and ambulance companies are not manned
around the clock. Instead, members respond to these location when an
emergency arises. When a traffic control system is not installed at
the station location, responding volunteers and emergency apparatus
may have difficulty getting in and out of the station. Additionally,
some stations feature parking lots for members that are located across
the street from the response station, meaning that first responders
are required to cross roadways in order to reach emergency vehicles.
Motor vehicle operators passing such locations do not always yield the
right of way to responders, putting the latter in danger as well as
delaying emergency response time. In some cases, first responders have
been injured crossing roadways to gain entry to their station.

This legislation is intended to protect first responders in the area
around a response station and to insure that emergency vehicles can
quickly and safely move out of the station and onto the roadway.  The
bill establishes a "first responder safety zone," demarcated by
signage and white hash marks like those use for crosswalks, in the
roadways adjacent to an emergency response station. All traffic must
yield to pedestrians and emergency vehicles within these zones.  A
first violation will result in a $500 fine, a second violation in a

$1000 fine, and third and subsequent violations will result in a
one-year license suspension.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

This legislation will have no fiscal impact on the State.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act will take effect immediately.

2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6105
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- 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 establishing
   first responder safety zones
 
   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 141-c to read as follows:
   § 141-C. FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONE. THE AREA OR SPACE OFFICIALLY SET
 APART WITHIN A ROADWAY ADJACENT TO ANY FACILITY OR  PARKING  AREA  WHERE
 FIRE  VEHICLES,  POLICE  VEHICLES,  AMBULANCES,  OR  EMERGENCY AMBULANCE
 SERVICE VEHICLES ARE STATIONED FOR USE IN RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES, AND
 WHICH IS PROTECTED, MARKED OR INDICATED BY LINES OR  OTHER  MARKINGS  ON
 THE  SURFACE AND BY ADEQUATE SIGNS AS TO BE PLAINLY VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES
 WHILE SET APART AS A SAFETY ZONE.
   § 2. Section 1144-a of the vehicle  and  traffic  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
   (D)  DURING  AN  ACTIVE  EMERGENCY,  EVERY OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
 SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO ANY FIRE VEHICLE, POLICE VEHICLE,  AMBU-
 LANCE,  OR  EMERGENCY  AMBULANCE  SERVICE VEHICLE DISPLAYING ONE OR MORE
 RED, WHITE, BLUE OR GREEN LIGHTS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION FORTY-ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER AND
 TRAVELING  WITHIN  OR  ENTERING  A  FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONE. A FIRST
 VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE  OF  NOT  MORE
 THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. A SECOND VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION SHALL BE
 PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   §  3.  The  section heading and subdivision (a) of section 1151 of the
 vehicle and traffic law, subdivision (a) as amended by  chapter  159  of
 the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
   Pedestrians'  right  of  way  in crosswalks AND FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY
 ZONE.  (a) When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in oper-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11692-01-7

 S. 6105                             2
 
 ation the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down
 or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway
 within a crosswalk OR FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONE on  the  roadway  upon
 which  the  vehicle  is traveling, except that any pedestrian crossing a
 roadway at a point where  a  pedestrian  tunnel  or  overpass  has  been
 provided shall yield the right of way to all vehicles.
   §  4. Paragraph (b) of section 1180 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by chapter 173 of the laws  of  1990,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (b)  Except  as provided in subdivision (g) of this section and except
 when a special hazard exists that requires lower  speed  for  compliance
 with  subdivision  (a) of this section or when maximum speed limits have
 been established as hereinafter authorized,  no  person  shall  drive  a
 vehicle at a speed in excess of fifty-five miles per hour, PROVIDED THAT
 NO  PERSON  SHALL  DRIVE A VEHICLE AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF FIFTEEN MILES
 PER HOUR WITHIN A FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONE.
   § 5. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1118 to read as follows:
   §  1118.  SIGNS  AND  MARKINGS IN FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONES.  FIRST
 RESPONDER SAFETY ZONES SHALL BE INDICATED WITH SIGNAGE AT  EACH  END  OF
 SUCH  SAFETY ZONES, ALERTING MOTORISTS TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE RIGHT
 OF WAY BE YIELDED TO PEDESTRIANS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND WITH  WHITE
 HASH  MARKS  PAINTED  ON  THE  ROAD SURFACE BETWEEN THE CURBS OR, IN THE
 ABSENCE OF CURBS, BETWEEN THE EDGES OF THE TRAVERSABLE ROADWAY.
   § 6. Paragraph b of subdivision two of section 510 of the vehicle  and
 traffic  law  is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to read as
 follows:
   (XVIII) FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WHERE THE HOLDER IS  CONVICTED  OF  A
 THIRD  OR  SUBSEQUENT  VIOLATION  OF  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED
 FORTY-FOUR-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law, and shall apply to violations  committed  on
 and after such date.

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Senate Bill S6105

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

John E. Brooks

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Jamaal T. Bailey

2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6105 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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