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Assembly Bill A8890

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Equips all ambulances and emergency ambulance service vehicles with stop-arms

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2023-A8890 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A8269

2023-A8890 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Equips all ambulances and emergency ambulance service vehicles with stop-arms; provides rules and regulations shall be promulgated to provide for such equipment.

2023-A8890 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8890
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  equipping
   all ambulances and emergency ambulance service vehicles with stop-arms
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 55 to read as follows:
   55.  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANS-
 PORTATION, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE USE  OF  STOP-
 ARMS ON AMBULANCES AND EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE VEHICLES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14014-01-4

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