Excludes violations occurring within one hundred feet from a place of worship, funeral home, or similar institution from bus operation-related traffic regulations as part of participation in a ceremony or religious service.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8634
IN SENATE
January 7, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 excluding
violations occurring within a certain distance from a place of
worship, funeral home, or similar institution from bus operation-re-
lated traffic regulations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (d) of section 1111-c-1 of the
2 vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 1 of part MM of chapter 56
3 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
4 3. "bus operation-related traffic regulations" shall mean the follow-
5 ing provisions set forth in chapter four of title thirty-four of the
6 rules of the city of New York, adopted pursuant to section sixteen
7 hundred forty-two of this chapter: 4-08(c)(3), violation of posted no
8 standing rules prohibited-bus stop; 4-08(e)(9), general no stopping
9 zones-bicycle lanes; 4-08(f)(1), general no standing zones-double park-
10 ing; and 4-08(f)(4), general no standing zones-bus lane. Provided,
11 however, it shall not be considered a violation of any of the aforemen-
12 tioned regulations when such violation occurred within one hundred feet
13 of a place of worship, funeral home, or similar institution as part of
14 participation in a ceremony or religious service.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
16 the amendments to section 1111-c-1 of the vehicle and traffic law, made
17 by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section
18 and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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