senate Bill S6105

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing first responder safety zones

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

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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

S6105 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing first responder safety zones.

S6105 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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.

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