Assembly Bill A7096

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Replaces each instance of the word accident with the word crash in relation to vehicle and traffic law

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A7096 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd V & T L, generally; amd §19-507.2, NYC Ad Cd; amd §3650-c, Ed L; amd §396-z, Gen Bus L; amd §§3420, 5102, 5106, 5202 & 7602, Art 52 Head, Ins L; amd §301-c, Mil L; amd §65.10, Pen L; amd §387, Pub Auth L; amd §66-a, Pub Off L; amd §89-g, St Fin L; amd §217, Transp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6448
2021-2022: A3473
2023-2024: A3839

2017-A7096 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Replaces each instance of the word accident with the word crash in relation to the vehicle and traffic law.

2017-A7096 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7096
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FAHY, SKOUFIS, SIMOTAS, GALEF, HARRIS, McDONOUGH
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. OTIS -- read once  and  referred  to
   the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the administrative code of
   the city of New York, the education law, the general business law, the
   insurance law, the military law, the penal law, the public authorities
   law, the public officers law, the state finance law, and the transpor-
   tation law, in relation to replacing each instance of the  word  acci-
   dent  with the word crash; and to change the word accident to crash in
   the vehicle and traffic law
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 105-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 chapter 303 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   § 105-a. Car carrier. A truck that is designed to carry one  to  three
 motor  vehicles on a flat platform that slides or tilts to the ground to
 facilitate loading and unloading of such motor vehicles and  to  tow  an
 additional  motor  vehicle behind it by the use of a wheel lift. For the
 purposes of this chapter, whenever such car carrier tows  or  carries  a
 disabled, illegally parked or abandoned motor vehicle or a motor vehicle
 involved  in  [an accident] A CRASH, such car carrier shall be deemed to
 be a tow truck and shall comply with all provisions of this chapter, and
 any other law, ordinance, order, rule and regulation, applicable to  tow
 trucks.
   § 2. Section 107-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
 552 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   § 107-b. Commercial  towing. The moving or removing of disabled, ille-
 gally parked, or abandoned motor vehicles or motor vehicles involved  in
 [accidents] CRASHES, by another motor vehicle, for which there is direct
 or indirect compensation. Commercial towing shall also include towing by

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03662-01-7
              

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