assembly Bill A2167

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing first responder safety zones

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Jan 23, 2023 referred to transportation

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A2167 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd V & T L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10750
2021-2022: A5075

A2167 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing first responder safety zones and setting speed limits in such safety zones.

A2167 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   2167
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. STERN, DURSO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
   first responder safety zones and speed limits in such safety zones
 
   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 141-c to read as follows:
   § 141-C. FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONE. THE AREA OR SPACE, NOT TO EXCEED
 SIX HUNDRED SIXTY FEET ON A HIGHWAY PASSING OR ABUTTING ANY FACILITY  OR
 PARKING  AREA WHERE FIRE VEHICLES, POLICE VEHICLES, AMBULANCES, OR EMER-
 GENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE VEHICLES ARE STATIONED, FOR USE IN RESPONDING TO
 EMERGENCIES. FIRST RESPONDER ZONES SHALL BE PROTECTED, MARKED  OR  INDI-
 CATED BY LINES OR OTHER MARKINGS ON THE SURFACE AND BY ADEQUATE SIGNS AS
 TO BE PLAINLY VISIBLE AT ALL TIMES WHILE SET APART AS A SAFETY ZONE.
   §  2.  Section  1144-a  of  the  vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
   (D) DURING AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY, EVERY  OPERATOR  OF  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE
 SHALL  YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO ANY FIRE VEHICLE, POLICE VEHICLE, AMBU-
 LANCE, OR EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE VEHICLE  DISPLAYING  ONE  OR  MORE
 RED,  WHITE, BLUE OR GREEN LIGHTS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVI-
 SION FORTY-ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER AND
 TRAVELING WITHIN OR ENTERING A FIRST  RESPONDER  SAFETY  ZONE.  A  FIRST
 VIOLATION  OF  THIS  PROVISION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE
 THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. A SECOND VIOLATION OF THIS PROVISION SHALL BE
 PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   § 3. The section heading and subdivision (a) of section  1151  of  the
 vehicle  and  traffic  law, subdivision (a) as amended by chapter 159 of
 the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
   Pedestrians' right of way in crosswalks  AND  FIRST  RESPONDER  SAFETY
 ZONE.  (a) When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in oper-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02403-01-3