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S05483 Summary:

BILL NOS05483
 
SAME ASSAME AS A07919
 
SPONSORMARTINS
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S375, V & T L
 
Relates to blue lights on ambulances, emergency ambulance service vehicles and county emergency medical services vehicles.
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S05483 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5483
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 25, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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 blue  lights
          on  ambulances,  emergency ambulance service vehicles and county emer-
          gency medical services vehicles
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Subparagraph b of paragraph 4 of subdivision 41 of section
     2  375 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by  chapter  465  of  the
     3  laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     4    b.  In addition to the red and white lights authorized to be displayed
     5  pursuant to paragraph two of this subdivision, one or more  blue  lights
     6  or  combination  blue  and red lights or combination blue, red and white
     7  lights may be affixed to a police vehicle  [and],  fire  vehicle,  ambu-
     8  lance, emergency ambulance service vehicle, and county emergency medical
     9  services  vehicle  provided  that  such  blue  light  or lights shall be

    10  displayed on a police vehicle [and], fire vehicle, ambulance,  emergency
    11  ambulance service vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicle
    12  for  rear projection only. In the event that the trunk or rear gate of a
    13  police vehicle  [and],  fire  vehicle,  ambulance,  emergency  ambulance
    14  service vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicle obstructs
    15  or  diminishes  the visibility of other emergency lighting on such vehi-
    16  cles, a blue light may be affixed to and displayed from the trunk,  rear
    17  gate  or  interior  of  such vehicles. Such lights may be displayed on a
    18  police vehicle  [and],  fire  vehicle,  ambulance,  emergency  ambulance
    19  service vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicle when such

    20  vehicles  are  engaged  in  an emergency operation. Nothing contained in
    21  this subparagraph shall be deemed to authorize the use of blue lights on
    22  police vehicles [and], fire vehicles,  ambulances,  emergency  ambulance
    23  service  vehicles, and county emergency medical services vehicles unless
    24  such vehicles also display one or more red or combination red and  white
    25  lights as otherwise authorized in this subdivision.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11745-02-1
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