Senate Bill S6094A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing penalties for endangerment of a highway worker, promote work zone safety awareness, and establish a fund for additional work zone safety enforcement

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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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2019-S6094 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§1221-a, 1221-b & 118-a, amd §161, V & T L; amd §22, Transp L; add §99-hh, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3957
2023-2024: S4647

2019-S6094 - Summary

Increases penalties for endangerment of a highway worker, promotes work zone safety awareness, and establishes a fund for additional work zone safety enforcement.

2019-S6094 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6094 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6094
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 and the transportation  law,
   in  relation  to work zone safety; and to amend the state finance law,
   in relation to establishing the work zone safety fund

   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 1221-a to read  as follows:
   § 1221-A. ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER. 1. A PERSON COMMITS ENDAN-
 GERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER IF THE PERSON IS OPERATING A  MOTOR  VEHICLE
 WITHIN  A  WORK AREA AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS
 CHAPTER AT ANY TIME ONE OR MORE HIGHWAY WORKERS ARE IN THE WORK AREA AND
 DOES ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) DRIVES THROUGH OR AROUND A WORK  AREA  IN  ANY  LANE  NOT  CLEARLY
 DESIGNATED  FOR USE BY MOTOR VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH OR AROUND A WORK
 AREA; OR
   (B) FAILS TO OBEY TRAFFIC CONTROL  DEVICES  CONTROLLING  THE  FLOW  OF
 MOTOR VEHICLES THROUGH THE WORK AREA FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN:
   (I) AN EMERGENCY;
   (II) THE AVOIDANCE OF AN OBSTACLE; OR
   (III) THE PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANOTHER PERSON.
   2.  (A)  A  PERSON  WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION WHERE THE HIGHWAY WORKER
 SUFFERS NO PHYSICAL INJURY SHALL BE FINED NOT  MORE  THAN  ONE  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS AND NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   (B)  A  PERSON  WHO  VIOLATES  THIS  SECTION  WHERE THE HIGHWAY WORKER
 SUFFERS PHYSICAL INJURY AND THE VIOLATION WAS THE SOLE  PROXIMATE  CAUSE
 OF  THE INJURY SHALL BE FINED NOT MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NOT
 LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   (C) A PERSON WHO  VIOLATES  THIS  SECTION  WHERE  THE  HIGHWAY  WORKER
 SUFFERS  SERIOUS  PHYSICAL  INJURY,  AS  DEFINED IN SECTION 10.00 OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2019-S6094A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§1221-a, 1221-b & 118-a, amd §161, V & T L; amd §22, Transp L; add §99-hh, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3957
2023-2024: S4647

2019-S6094A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases penalties for endangerment of a highway worker, promotes work zone safety awareness, and establishes a fund for additional work zone safety enforcement.

2019-S6094A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6094A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6094--A
     Cal. No. 500
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, KAMINSKY, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered
   printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
   portation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accord-
   ance with Senate Rule 6,  sec.  8  --  reported  favorably  from  said
   committee,  ordered  to  first  and  second  report, amended on second
   report, ordered to a third reading, and to be  reprinted  as  amended,
   retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the transportation law,
   in relation to work zone safety; and to amend the state  finance  law,
   in relation to establishing the work zone safety fund
 
   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 1221-a to read  as follows:
   §  1221-A.  ENDANGERMENT  OF  A HIGHWAY WORKER. 1. A DRIVER OF A MOTOR
 VEHICLE COMMITS ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER IF THE DRIVER IS  OPER-
 ATING  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  WITHIN  A  WORK AREA AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER AT ANY TIME ONE OR MORE HIGHWAY  WORK-
 ERS ARE IN THE WORK AREA AND DOES ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  ENTERS  A WORK AREA IN ANY LANE NOT CLEARLY DESIGNATED FOR USE BY
 MOTOR VEHICLES; OR
   (B) FAILS TO OBEY TRAFFIC CONTROL  DEVICES  CONTROLLING  THE  FLOW  OF
 MOTOR VEHICLES THROUGH THE WORK AREA FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN:
   (I) AN EMERGENCY;
   (II) THE AVOIDANCE OF AN OBSTACLE; OR
   (III) THE PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANOTHER PERSON.
   2.  (A) A DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 GUILTY OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY  IMPRISON-
 MENT  FOR  NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISON-
 MENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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