Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 04, 2023 | referred to transportation |
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Donna Lupardo
Kenneth Zebrowski
Rebecca Seawright
Chris Burdick
Multi-Sponsors
Jo Anne Simon
A130 (ACTIVE) - Details
A130 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 130 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, LUPARDO, ZEBROWSKI, SEAWRIGHT, BURDICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to drivers of school buses using hands-free mobile telephones THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows: (E) NO DRIVER OF A SCHOOL BUS AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL USE A HANDS-FREE MOBILE TELEPHONE WHILE OPERATING A SCHOOL BUS EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION OR IF THE SCHOOL BUS IS PARKED, FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN DROPPING OFF OR PICKING UP STUDENTS, AT THE SIDE OF, OR OFF, A PUBLIC HIGHWAY IN A LOCATION WHERE SUCH VEHI- CLE IS NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED FROM STOPPING BY LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR ANY LAWFUL ORDER OR DIRECTION OF A POLICE OFFICER. § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 69 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: 3. Subdivision two of this section shall not apply to (a) the use of a mobile telephone for the sole purpose of communicating with any of the following regarding an emergency situation: an emergency response opera- tor; a hospital, physician's office or health clinic; an ambulance company or corps; a fire department, district or company; or a police department, (b) any of the following persons while in the performance of their official duties: a police officer or peace officer; a member of a fire department, district or company; or the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle as defined in section one hundred one of this chapter, or (c) the use of a hands-free mobile telephone, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.