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A02587 Summary:

BILL NO	A02587
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Gantt
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §1602, V & T L
Relates to emergency rule with respect to the removal of vehicles from public streets and highways.

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A02587 Actions:

BILL NO	A02587
01/24/2019	referred to transportation
01/08/2020	referred to transportation
07/14/2020	enacting clause stricken

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A02587 Committee Votes:

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A02587 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2587
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 24, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        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  emergency
          rule  with  respect to the removal of vehicles from public streets and
          highways
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section 1602 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
     3    (e) A police officer or other public officer who has  been  designated
     4  by  the  state or a political subdivision thereof to regulate traffic at
     5  the scene of an accident or special emergency may, in the  interests  of
     6  public safety and convenience, direct that a vehicle and its contents be
     7  removed  from  a  public street or highway. Such police officer or other
     8  public officer and any person acting pursuant to his  or  her  direction
     9  shall  not  be  liable  for  any  damage to such vehicle or its contents
    10  unless such removal was carried out in a reckless or  grossly  negligent
    11  manner.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00970-01-9

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