Prohibits municipalities from transferring primary investigating authority of vehicle collisions that result in serious injury or death from the police to a non-law enforcement agency.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4630
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 13, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 prohibiting
municipalities from transferring primary investigating authority of
vehicle collisions that result in serious injury or death to a non-law
enforcement agency
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 603-a of
2 the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 489 of the laws of
3 2017, is amended to read as follows:
4 In addition to the requirements of section six hundred three of this
5 article, whenever a motor vehicle accident results in serious physical
6 injury or death to a person, [and such accident either is discovered by
7 a police officer, or reported to a police officer within five days after
8 such accident occurred,] the police shall conduct an investigation of
9 such accident. No municipality shall transfer such primary investigat-
10 ing authority to a non-law enforcement agency.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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