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Senate Bill S6808
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Relates to establishing first responder safety zones
download bill text pdfSponsored By
(D) 50th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Floor Vote: Mar 20, 2024
aye (62)- Addabbo Jr.
- Ashby
- Bailey
- Borrello
- Breslin
- Brisport
- Brouk
- Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
- Chu
- Cleare
- Comrie
- Cooney
- Felder
- Fernandez
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Gonzalez
- Gounardes
- Griffo
- Harckham
- Helming
- Hinchey
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Mannion
- Martinez
- Martins
- Mattera
- May
- Mayer
- Murray
- Myrie
- O'Mara
- Oberacker
- Ortt
- Palumbo
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rhoads
- Rivera
- Rolison
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Scarcella-Spanton
- Sepúlveda
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stec
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Thomas
- Webb
- Weber
- Weik
excused (1)The following Member(s) participated via videoconferencing: Murray
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Floor Vote: Jun 1, 2023
aye (58)- Addabbo Jr.
- Bailey
- Borrello
- Breslin
- Brisport
- Brouk
- Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
- Chu
- Cleare
- Comrie
- Fernandez
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Gonzalez
- Gounardes
- Griffo
- Harckham
- Helming
- Hinchey
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Mannion
- Martinez
- Mattera
- May
- Mayer
- Murray
- Myrie
- O'Mara
- Oberacker
- Ortt
- Palumbo
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rhoads
- Rivera
- Rolison
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Scarcella-Spanton
- Sepúlveda
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stec
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Thomas
- Walczyk
- Webb
- Weber
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Jan 30, 2024 - Transportation Committee Vote
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co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D, WF) 17th Senate District
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
2023-S6808 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S6808 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6808 SPONSOR: MANNION TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing first responder safety zones and speed limits in such safety zones PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to establish first responder safety zones in order to improve the safety of first responders entering the roadway in or near an emergency response station. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of this bill would establish first responder safety zones. Section 2 of this bill would require that operators of motor vehicles yield the right of way to emergency vehicles traveling within or enter- ing a first responder safety zone.
Section 3 of this bill would require that vehicles yield to pedestrians in first responder safety zones. Section 4 of this bill would require that first responder safety zones have a speed limit of fifteen miles per hour. Section 5 of this bill would establish signage and markings for first responder safety zones. Section 6 of this bill would establish a time period for repeat violations that could result in the suspension of license or registra- tion. Section 7 of this bill would require that the speed limit in first responder safety zones may not be raised on State highways and highways on Indian reservations. Section 8 of this bill would require that the speed limit in first responder safety zones may not be raised on county roads and town high- ways. Section 9 of this bill would require that the speed limit in first responder safety zones may not be raised on highways under the jurisdic- tion of certain public authorities and commissions. Section 10 of this bill would require that the speed limit in first responder safety zones may not be raised on highways in cities and villages. Section 11 of this bill would require that the speed limit in first responder safety zones may not be raised on highways in certain towns. Section 12 of this bill would establish a severability clause. Section 13 this bill provides that the effective date shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law, and shall apply to violations committed on and after such date. JUSTIFICATION: Many volunteer fire departments and ambulance companies are not staffed around the clock. Instead, members respond to emergencies at the time of an incident. When a traffic control system is not installed at the station, responding volunteers and emergency apparatus may have diffi- culty getting in and out of the station. Additionally, some stations feature parking lots for members that are located across the street from the response station, meaning that first responders are required to cross roadways in order to reach emergency vehicles. Motor vehicle oper- ators passing such locations do not always yield the right of way to responders, putting the latter in danger as well as delaying emergency response time. In some cases, first responders have been injured cross- ing roadways to gain entry to their station. This bill would protect first responders in the area around a response station and to ensure that emergency vehicles can quickly and safely move out of the station and onto the roadway. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021-22: S.1391-A (Brooks) - Passed Senate. 2020-21: S.1761-A (Brooks) - Passed Senate. 2017-18: S.6105 (Brooks) - Referred to Transportation. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law, and shall apply to violations committed on and after such date.
2023-S6808 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6808 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MANNION, ADDABBO, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans- portation 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: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02403-01-3 S. 6808 2
Pedestrians' right of way in crosswalks AND FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONE. (a) When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in oper- ation the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk OR FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONE on the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, except that any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overpass has been provided shall yield the right of way to all vehicles. § 4. Subdivision (d) and paragraph 4 of subdivision (h) of section 1180 of the vehicle and traffic law, subdivision (d) as amended by chap- ter 432 of the laws of 1997, and paragraph 4 of subdivision (h) as amended by section 7 of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, are amended and a new subdivision (c-1) is added to read as follows: (C-1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (G) OF THIS SECTION, WHENEVER MAXIMUM FIRST RESPONDER ZONE SPEED LIMITS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED ON A HIGHWAY ADJACENT TO A FIRST RESPONDER ZONE AS AUTHORIZED IN SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED TWENTY, SIXTEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO, SIXTEEN HUNDRED THIRTY, SIXTEEN HUNDRED FORTY-THREE OR SIXTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO-A, NO PERSON SHALL DRIVE A VEHICLE AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF FIFTEEN MILES PER HOUR. (d) 1. Except as provided in subdivision (g) of this section, whenever maximum speed limits, other than school speed limits OR FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONE SPEED LIMITS, have been established as authorized in sections sixteen hundred twenty, sixteen hundred twenty-two, sixteen hundred twenty-three, sixteen hundred twenty-seven, sixteen hundred thirty, sixteen hundred forty-three, sixteen hundred forty-four, sixteen hundred fifty-two, sixteen hundred sixty-two-a, sixteen hundred sixty- three, and sixteen hundred seventy, no person shall drive in excess of such maximum speed limits at any time. 2. Except as provided in subdivision (g) of this section, whenever maximum speed limits, other than school speed limits OR FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONE SPEED LIMITS, have been established with respect to any restricted highway as authorized in section sixteen hundred twenty-five, no person shall drive in excess of such maximum speed limits at any time. 4. Every person convicted of a violation of subdivision (c) of this section when such violation occurs in a school speed zone during a school day between the hours of seven o'clock A.M. and six o'clock P.M., OR SUBDIVISION (C-1) OF THIS SECTION WHEN SUCH VIOLATION OCCURS IN A FIRST RESPONDER SPEED ZONE shall be punished as follows: (i) Where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable speed limit by not more than ten miles per hour, by a fine of not less than ninety nor more than three hundred dollars; (ii) Where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable speed limit by more than ten miles per hour but not more than thirty miles per hour, by a fine of not less than one hundred eighty nor more than six hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen days or by both such fine and imprisonment; (iii) Where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable speed limit by more than thirty miles per hour, by a fine of not less than three hundred sixty nor more than one thousand two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. S. 6808 3 § 5. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1118 to read as follows: § 1118. SIGNS AND MARKINGS IN FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONES. FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONES SHALL BE INDICATED WITH SIGNAGE AT EACH END OF SUCH SAFETY ZONES, ALERTING MOTORISTS TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY BE YIELDED TO PEDESTRIANS AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND WITH WHITE HASH MARKS PAINTED ON THE ROAD SURFACE BETWEEN THE CURBS OR, IN THE ABSENCE OF CURBS, BETWEEN THE EDGES OF THE TRAVERSABLE ROADWAY. SUCH SIGNAGE SHALL MEET DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS AND BE INSTALLED PROPERLY SO THAT THEY ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE TO MOTORISTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. § 6. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to read as follows: (XVIII) FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WHERE THE HOLDER IS CONVICTED OF A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-A OF THIS CHAPTER. § 7. Subdivision (a) of section 1620 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 563 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: (a) The department of transportation with respect to state highways maintained by the state outside of cities having a population in excess of one million, and highways on Indian reservations, may by order, rule or regulation establish higher or lower maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed on or along such highways than the fifty-five miles per hour statutory maximum speed limit. No such maximum speed limit shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that school speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway AND FURTHER THAT SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN MILES PER HOUR IN FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONES. Absence of signs installed pursuant to this section shall be presumptive evidence that the department of transportation has not established a higher maximum speed limit than the fifty-five miles per hour statutory limit. § 8. Subdivision 1 of section 1622 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 563 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: 1. Establish maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed on or along such highways higher or lower than the fifty-five miles per hour statutory maximum speed limit. No such limit shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that school speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway, AND FURTHER THAT SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN MILES PER HOUR IN FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONES. § 9. Subdivision 5 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 563 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: 5. Establishment of maximum and minimum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed on or along such highways. No such maximum speed limit shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, EXCEPT THAT SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN MILES PER HOUR IN FIRST RESPONDER ZONES, AND except that school speed limits may be S. 6808 4 established at not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway, and except that, with respect to bridge and elevated structures that are a part of any such highway, a lower maximum speed limit may be estab- lished if it is determined that such lower maximum speed limit is the maximum speed limit which may be maintained without structural damage to such bridge or structure, and except that, with respect to any highway under the jurisdiction of the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, other than a parkway as defined in subdivision seventeen of section 1.03 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, the department of agriculture and markets or the industrial exhibit authority, a maximum speed limit of not less than ten miles per hour may be established on any portion thereof, if it is determined that such lower maximum speed limit is necessary to assure the safety of the public, and except that, with respect to any highway having toll plazas, a maximum speed limit of not less than five miles per hour may be estab- lished for passage through such toll plazas. § 10. Section 1643 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap- ter 496 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: § 1643. Speed limits on highways in cities and villages. The legisla- tive body of any city or village with respect to highways (which term for the purposes of this section shall include private roads open to public motor vehicle traffic) in such city or village, other than state highways maintained by the state on which the department of transporta- tion shall have established higher or lower speed limits than the statu- tory fifty-five miles per hour speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty of this title, or on which the department of transportation shall have designated that such city or village shall not establish any maximum speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty-four of this title, subject to the limitations imposed by section sixteen hundred eighty-four of this title may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation establish maximum speed limits at which vehi- cles may proceed within such city or village, within designated areas of such city or village or on or along designated highways within such city or village higher or lower than the fifty-five miles per hour maximum statutory limit. No such speed limit applicable throughout such city or village or within designated areas of such city or village shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour; except that in the city of Long Beach, in the county of Nassau, speed limits may be estab- lished at not less than fifteen miles per hour on any portion of the following highways in such city: Cleveland avenue, Harding avenue, Mitc- hell avenue, Belmont avenue, Atlantic avenue, Coolidge avenue, Wilson avenue and Taft avenue. No such speed limit applicable on or along designated highways within such city or village shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that school speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway, AND EXCEPT THAT SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTABLISHED AT NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN MILES PER HOUR IN FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONES, and except that within the cities of Buffalo and Rochester speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour for any portion of a highway within a city park. No speed limits shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this section except in accordance with the engineering considerations and factors for speed limits set forth in the S. 6808 5 manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices maintained by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to section sixteen hundred eighty of this title, as such manual and spec- ifications may be amended from time to time, certified by a licensed professional engineer who specializes in traffic operations. § 11. Section 1662-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 496 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: § 1662-a. Speed limits in certain towns. The town board of any subur- ban town governed pursuant to article three-A of the town law and the town board of any other town having a population exceeding fifty thou- sand, with respect to highways (which term for the purposes of this section shall include private roads open to public motor vehicle traf- fic) in such towns outside any village, other than state highways main- tained by the state on which the department of transportation shall have established higher or lower speed limits than the statutory fifty-five miles per hour speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty of this title, or on which the department of transportation shall have designated that such towns shall not establish any maximum speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty-four of this title, subject to the limitations imposed by section sixteen hundred eighty- four of this title may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regu- lation establish maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed within such towns, within designated areas of such towns or on or along designated highways within such towns lower than the fifty-five miles per hour maximum statutory limit. No such speed limit applicable throughout such towns or within designated areas of such towns shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that in the town of Hempstead speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour on any portion of a highway in the community known as Point Lookout and on all or any portion of the following high- ways in the community known as Lido Beach: Ocean Boulevard, Allevard Street, Bath Street, Buxton Street, Cheltenham Street, Pinehurst Street, Harrogate Street, Matlock Street, Nantwick Street, Biarritz Street, Royat Street, Luchon Street, Woodhail Street, Leamington Street, Sarato- ga Street, Kensington Street, and Prescott Street; provided, however, that no such speed limit in such town may be established unless a major- ity of the residents of each such community file a petition with the town board of such town requesting such speed limit. No such speed limit applicable on or along designated highways within such towns shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except that school speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour, for a distance not to exceed one thousand three hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of a school abut- ting on the highway, AND EXCEPT FURTHER THAT SPEED LIMITS MAY BE ESTAB- LISHED AT NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN MILES PER HOUR IN FIRST RESPONDER SAFETY ZONES, and except further that in the town of Hempstead speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen miles per hour on any portion of a highway in the communities known as Point Lookout and Lido Beach; provided, however, that no such speed limit in such town may be estab- lished unless a majority of the residents of each such community file a petition with the town board of such town requesting such speed limit. No speed limits shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this section except in accordance with the engineering considerations and factors for speed limits set forth in the manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices maintained by the commis- sioner of transportation pursuant to section sixteen hundred eighty of S. 6808 6 this title, as such manual and specifications may be amended from time to time, certified by a licensed professional engineer who specializes in traffic operations. § 12. Severability. If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris- diction to be invalid, or if any federal agency finally determines that this act would render New York state ineligible for the receipt of federal funds, such judgment or written determination shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or written determination shall have been rendered. § 13. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law, and shall apply to violations commit- ted on and after such date.
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