Provides that it shall be a defense to a charge of a traffic infraction for running a red light that the police manipulated such device with the purpose of assessing a ticket against an individual.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3556
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
ORTIZ, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transporta-
tion
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to manipulation
of traffic control signals
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1110 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 1964, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 (a) Every person shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-
5 control device applicable to him placed in accordance with the
6 provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or
7 police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an
8 authorized emergency vehicle in this title. It shall be an affirmative
9 defense to any charge of failing to obey a traffic control signal pursu-
10 ant to section eleven hundred eleven of this article that a police offi-
11 cer, peace officer, or other person authorized to issue a summons or
12 appearance ticket, manipulated such traffic control signal with the
13 purpose of assessing a ticket against an individual.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to
15 violations occurring on and after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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