Assembly Bill A1277

2021-2022 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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2021-A1277 (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-ii, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8208
2023-2024: A229

2021-A1277 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A1277 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1277
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, WOERNER, STECK, JACOBSON -- read once
   and referred 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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