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S01242 Summary:

BILL NO	S01242
SAME AS	SAME AS A00587
SPONSOR	DILAN
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd SS600 & 1200, V & T L
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.

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S01242 Actions:

BILL NO	S01242
01/09/2015	REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
06/02/2015	1ST REPORT CAL.1215
06/03/2015	2ND REPORT CAL.
06/08/2015	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/25/2015	COMMITTED TO RULES
01/06/2016	REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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S01242 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1242
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 9, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- 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  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
    24  transporting  hazardous materials in a manner inconsistent with applica-
    25  ble law.
    26    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    27  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02909-01-5

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