STATE OF NEW YORK
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7655--A
IN SENATE
May 12, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the solic-
itation of donations on state highways
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1157 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
3 (d) (i) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (c) of this section, a
4 person shall be permitted to occupy any part of a state highway outside
5 the geographical boundaries of a city or village for the purpose of
6 soliciting on behalf of a fire company as defined by subdivision two of
7 section one hundred of the general municipal law, a voluntary ambulance
8 service as defined by subdivision three of section one hundred of the
9 general municipal law, or an organization exempt from taxation pursuant
10 to section 501 (c) of the internal revenue code unless prohibited by a
11 local law of the town in which such solicitation occurs.
12 (ii) Nothing in this subdivision shall be interpreted to authorize
13 towns to prohibit solicitations authorized by subdivisions (a) or (c) of
14 this section.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11930-03-6
