Assembly Bill A9155

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to including red cross vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

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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-A9155 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §101, add §117-f, V & T L

2023-A9155 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds red cross vehicles to the definition of authorized emergency vehicles.

2023-A9155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9155
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  including
   red cross vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as  amended  by
 chapter 496 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §  101.  Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance, police vehicle
 or bicycle, correction vehicle, fire vehicle,  civil  defense  emergency
 vehicle,  emergency  ambulance  service vehicle, blood delivery vehicle,
 human organ  delivery  vehicle,  RED  CROSS  VEHICLE,  county  emergency
 medical  services  vehicle,  environmental  emergency  response vehicle,
 sanitation patrol vehicle, hazardous  materials  emergency  vehicle  and
 ordnance disposal vehicle of the armed forces of the United States.
   §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 117-f to read as follows:
   § 117-F. RED CROSS VEHICLE. ANY VEHICLE WHICH IS OWNED OR  LEASED  AND
 OPERATED  BY  THE  AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, OR ANY CHAPTER OR BRANCH
 THEREOF, AND EQUIPPED AND CLEARLY MARKED AS  A  RED  CROSS  VEHICLE.  NO
 OPERATOR  OF A RED CROSS VEHICLE SHALL EXERCISE THE PRIVILEGES SET FORTH
 IN SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13975-01-4

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