| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 15, 2024 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S9437
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
Actions
2023-S9437 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1181, V & T L
2023-S9437 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9437
SPONSOR: COONEY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
persons driving a vehicle that is unable to exceed thirty-five miles per
hour on state expressways and thruways to pull over and seek assistance
PURPOSE:
This legislation requires a person driving on a state expressway or
thruway to pull over and seek assistance if their vehicle is unable to
exceed thirty-five miles per hour, and well as require the superinten-
dent to establish an accident reconstruction policy for accidents that
results in a fatality.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 Title of the bill.
Section 2. Amends section 1181 of the vehicle and traffic law by adding
2023-S9437 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
9437
I N S E N A T E
May 15, 2024
___________
Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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, in relation to requiring
persons driving a vehicle that is unable to exceed thirty-five miles
per hour on state expressways and thruways to pull over and seek
assistance
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1181 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
(C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
PERSON DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT IS UNABLE TO EXCEED A SPEED OF THIR-
TY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR ON A STATE EXPRESSWAY ROUTE, STATE INTERSTATE
ROUTE, OR STATE THRUWAY ROUTE, AS SPECIFIED AND DESCRIBED AS SUCH PURSU-
ANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE-A OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, SHALL PULL
OVER TO A USABLE RIGHT-HAND SHOULDER, IF AVAILABLE, EXCEPT WHEN REDUCED
SPEED IS NECESSARY FOR SAFE OPERATION OR IN COMPLIANCE WITH LAW PURSUANT
TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, AND SEEK ASSISTANCE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13291-01-3
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