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Assembly Bill A6228

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows police vehicles to have one or more forward facing blue lights

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2021-A6228 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A2407
2025-2026: A159

2021-A6228 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows police vehicles to have one or more forward facing blue lights, provided that such blue light can only be displayed in combination with a red and/or white light.

2021-A6228 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6228
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ANGELINO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing
   police vehicles to have one or more forward facing blue lights
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subparagraph b of paragraph 4 of subdivision 41 of section
 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by  chapter  143  of  the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  In addition to the red and white lights authorized to be displayed
 pursuant to paragraph two of this subdivision, one or more  blue  lights
 or  combination  blue  and red lights or combination blue, red and white
 lights may be affixed to a  police  vehicle,  fire  vehicle,  ambulance,
 emergency  ambulance  service  vehicle,  and  county  emergency  medical
 services vehicle provided that  such  blue  light  or  lights  shall  be
 displayed  on  a  [police  vehicle,]  fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency
 ambulance service vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicle
 for rear projection only, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH BLUE  LIGHT  OR
 LIGHTS  MAY  BE  DISPLAYED  ON  A POLICE VEHICLE FOR REAR PROJECTION AND
 FORWARD PROJECTION. IF SUCH BLUE LIGHT IS DISPLAYED ON A POLICE  VEHICLE
 FOR  FORWARD  PROJECTION, SUCH BLUE LIGHT SHALL BE DISPLAYED IN COMBINA-
 TION WITH A RED AND/OR WHITE LIGHT. In the event that the trunk or  rear
 gate  of  a police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency ambulance
 service vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicle obstructs
 or diminishes the visibility of other emergency lighting on  such  vehi-
 cles,  a blue light may be affixed to and displayed from the trunk, rear
 gate or interior of such vehicles. Such lights may  be  displayed  on  a
 police  vehicle,  fire  vehicle,  ambulance, emergency ambulance service
 vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicle when  such  vehi-
 cles  are  engaged  in an emergency operation. Nothing contained in this
 subparagraph shall be deemed to authorize the  use  of  blue  lights  on
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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