Senate Bill S5105

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the safety of funeral processions

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • 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-S5105 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1144-b, amd §1129, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2292
2011-2012: S3329
2013-2014: S376
2015-2016: S1495

2017-S5105 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the safety of funeral processions; provides that vehicles participating in a funeral procession shall have the right-of-way; makes it illegal for any vehicle to forcefully enter spaces between vehicles in a procession; provides that vehicles entering a procession illegally shall be subject to a civil fine of up to $100

2017-S5105 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5105 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5105
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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  the  safety
   of funeral processions
 
   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 1144-b to read as follows:
   § 1144-B. OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON APPROACH OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN
 A FUNERAL PROCESSION. (A) UPON THE IMMEDIATE APPROACH OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
 WHICH  HAS  A  BLACK  FLAG  WITH THE WORD "FUNERAL" AFFIXED TO IT IN THE
 MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (FF) OF SUBDIVISION TWELVE-A OF SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE DRIVER  OF  EVERY  OTHER
 MOTOR  VEHICLE  SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND SHALL IMMEDIATELY DRIVE
 TO A POSITION PARALLEL TO, AND AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO,  THE  RIGHT-HAND
 EDGE  OF  THE  HIGHWAY,  OR TO EITHER EDGE OF A ONE-WAY HIGHWAY THREE OR
 MORE LANES IN WIDTH, CLEAR OF  ANY  INTERSECTION,  AND  SHALL  STOP  AND
 REMAIN IN SUCH POSITION UNTIL THE MOTOR VEHICLE DISPLAYING SUCH FLAG HAS
 PASSED, UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY A POLICE OFFICER.
   (B)  THIS  SECTION  SHALL NOT OPERATE TO RELIEVE THE DRIVER OF A MOTOR
 VEHICLE PARTICIPATING IN A BURIAL OR FUNERAL PROCESSION FROM THE DUTY TO
 DRIVE WITH REASONABLE CARE FOR ALL PERSONS USING THE HIGHWAY.
   (C) ANY PERSON OPERATING  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO AN AUTHORIZED
 EMERGENCY  VEHICLE  ENGAGED  IN  EMERGENCY  OPERATION  WITH ITS SIREN OR
 LIGHTS ACTIVATED.
   § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 1129 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c) Motor vehicles being driven upon any roadway outside of a business
 or residence district in a caravan or motorcade whether  or  not  towing
 other vehicles shall be so operated as to allow sufficient space between
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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