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Assembly Bill A8978

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to make failure to move over a five point violation

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2025-A8978 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic

2025-A8978 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to make failure to move over a five point violation.

2025-A8978 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8978
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Transportation
 
 AN ACT directing the commissioner of motor vehicles to designate failure
   to move over a five point violation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles  shall  include  a
 violation  involving  operation  of  vehicles when approaching a parked,
 stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle, hazard vehicle,  vehi-
 cle  displaying  a  blue  or green light or certain other motor vehicles
 pursuant to section 1144-a of the vehicle and  traffic  law  as  a  five
 point traffic violation in 15 NYCRR 131.3.
   ยง  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13420-01-5

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