Senate Bill S4647

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases penalties for endangerment of a highway worker, promote work zone safety awareness, and establish a fund for additional work zone safety enforcement

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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-S4647 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§1221-a, 1221-b & 118-a, amd §161, V & T L; amd §22, Transp L; add §99-qq, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6094
2021-2022: S3957

2023-S4647 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases penalties for endangerment of a highway worker, promotes work zone safety awareness, and establishes a fund for additional work zone safety enforcement.

2023-S4647 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4647 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4647
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, ADDABBO, MATTERA, SKOUFIS -- read twice and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the transportation  law,
   in  relation  to work zone safety; and to amend the state finance law,
   in relation to establishing the work zone safety fund
 
   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 1221-a to read  as follows:
   § 1221-A. ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER. 1. A  DRIVER  OF  A  MOTOR
 VEHICLE  COMMITS ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER IF THE DRIVER IS OPER-
 ATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN A WORK  AREA  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  ONE
 HUNDRED  SIXTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER AT ANY TIME ONE OR MORE HIGHWAY WORK-
 ERS ARE IN THE WORK AREA AND DOES ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) ENTERS A WORK AREA IN ANY LANE NOT CLEARLY DESIGNATED FOR  USE  BY
 MOTOR VEHICLES; OR
   (B)  FAILS  TO  OBEY  TRAFFIC  CONTROL DEVICES CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF
 MOTOR VEHICLES THROUGH THE WORK AREA FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN:
   (I) AN EMERGENCY;
   (II) THE AVOIDANCE OF AN OBSTACLE; OR
   (III) THE PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANOTHER PERSON.
   2. (A) A DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION SHALL  BE
 GUILTY OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS AND NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISON-
 MENT FOR NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE  AND  IMPRISON-
 MENT.
   (B)  A DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY AS DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE TEN OF THE PENAL LAW TO A HIGHWAY WORKER  IN  THE  WORK  AREA
 WHILE VIOLATING PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A TRAF-
 FIC  INFRACTION  PUNISHABLE  BY  A  FINE  OF  NOT MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00258-02-3
              

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