Prohibits the idling of motor vehicles while waiting to board a ferry; exempts fire, police and public utility trucks or other vehicles performing emergency services; a hybrid electric vehicle, as defined in NYCRR6, idling for the purpose of providing energy for battery or other form of energy storage recharging; and electric powered vehicles; and further provides the commissioner of motor vehicles, in conjunction with the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation, shall require every ferry and ferry terminal to conspicuously post not less than two signs, of a size and design designated by such commissioners; provides that such sign shall include the following words: NO IDLING OF MOTOR VEHICLES pursuant to the New York State Motor Vehicles Law and the Rules and Regulations of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3226
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the idling
of motor vehicles while waiting to board a ferry
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 52 to read as follows:
3 52. (a) No person who owns, operates or leases a motor vehicle shall
4 allow or permit the engine of such motor vehicle to idle while waiting
5 to board a ferry or within one hundred feet of a ferry terminal.
6 (b) The following are exempt from the provisions of this subdivision:
7 (i) Fire, police and public utility trucks or other vehicles perform-
8 ing emergency services;
9 (ii) A hybrid electric vehicle, as defined in NYCRR6, idling for the
10 purpose of providing energy for battery or other form of energy storage
11 recharging; and
12 (iii) Electric powered vehicles.
13 (c) The commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of parks,
14 recreation and historic preservation, shall require every ferry and
15 ferry terminal to conspicuously post not less than two signs, of a size
16 and design designated by such commissioners. Such sign shall include the
17 following words: "NO IDLING OF MOTOR VEHICLES pursuant to the New York
18 State Vehicle and Traffic Law and the Rules and Regulations of the
19 Commissioner of Motor Vehicles".
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
21 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. The commissioner of
22 motor vehicles shall promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary
23 to effectuate the implementation of this act and shall assign points for
24 violations of section one of this act as the commissioner of motor vehi-
25 cles deems appropriate.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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