Assembly Bill A8582

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the actual height of bridges and overpasses along proposed routes

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A8582 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-f, Gen Bus L

2023-A8582 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the actual height of bridges and overpasses along proposed routes.

2023-A8582 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8582
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring navi-
   gation systems utilizing GPS technology to identify the height of  any
   bridge or overpass along a proposed route
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 390-f to read as follows:
   § 390-F. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM NAVIGATION. NO  ELECTRONIC  MAP  OR
 NAVIGATION  SYSTEM  WHICH UTILIZES GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) TECH-
 NOLOGY TO DIRECT THE DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TO A  SPECIFIED  DESTINA-
 TION  ALONG  A PROPOSED ROUTE OR ROUTES SHALL BE OFFERED FOR USE OR SALE
 IN THIS STATE UNLESS SUCH MAP OR NAVIGATION  SYSTEM  PROVIDES  THE  USER
 WITH  THE  ACTUAL  HEIGHT OF EACH BRIDGE OR OVERPASS WHICH THE USER WILL
 PASS UNDER ALONG A PROPOSED ROUTE GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST  OR
 INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SUCH USER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13929-01-3

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