A00587 Summary:
BILL NO | A00587 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S01242 |
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SPONSOR | Gantt |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd SS600 & 1200, V & T L | |
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Requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident involving no personal injury or death to move the vehicle to a safe location in the vicinity of the incident. |
A00587 Actions:
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01/07/2015 | referred to transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | referred to transportation |
A00587 Committee Votes:
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Go to topA00587 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 587 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to removing vehicles from traffic following an accident The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 600 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. Removal of a vehicle. A person who moves a vehicle in a manner 4 consistent with subdivision (e) of section twelve hundred of this chap- 5 ter and who remains in the immediate vicinity of an accident shall not 6 be construed to be in violation of this section because of such move- 7 ment. 8 § 2. Section 1200 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding 9 a new subdivision (e) to read as follows: 10 (e) Whenever a vehicle is involved in an accident involving no 11 personal injury or death, the driver of any involved vehicle shall imme- 12 diately move or cause removal of the vehicle from the travel lane to a 13 safe location along the highway in the immediate vicinity of the inci- 14 dent, provided that the vehicle is operable and the movement of the 15 vehicle can be done safely. Movement consistent with the provisions of 16 this subdivision shall not be construed to imply that no injury has 17 occurred nor shall the driver be considered liable or at fault regarding 18 the cause of the accident solely by moving or causing the removal of the 19 vehicle. Moving a vehicle consistent with this subdivision shall not 20 relieve an investigating police officer from the obligation to file a 21 report otherwise required. Nothing in this subdivision shall be 22 construed to authorize otherwise unqualified persons to clear or remove 23 hazardous materials from the highway or to move vehicles which are EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02909-01-5A. 587 2 1 transporting hazardous materials in a manner inconsistent with applica- 2 ble law. 3 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 4 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.