Prohibits disruption of a funeral procession by making it illegal for a driver of a motor vehicle to force his/her way into the line of said procession.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3022
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 7, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. HUNTLEY, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, PERKINS -- 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 the safety
of funeral processions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
2 section 1223-b to read as follows:
3 § 1223-b. Funeral processions. 1. A driver of a vehicle shall not
4 enter a lane on a public highway in the space between two vehicles trav-
5 eling single file in a funeral procession in a manner which unreasonably
6 interferes with the orderly progression of such funeral procession;
7 provided that the drivers of such vehicles in such funeral procession
8 shall have indicated their status as members of a funeral procession by
9 turning on their headlights and their flashing hazard lights.
10 2. A violation of subdivision one of this section shall be a traffic
11 infraction and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one
12 hundred fifty dollars.
13 3. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not act,
14 and shall not be construed to act, as defining or limiting the status of
15 members of a funeral procession for any purpose or law other than for
16 the purpose of this section.
17 4. No provision of this section shall be deemed to impose any liabil-
18 ity for personal injury or damages resulting from a violation of this
19 section upon a funeral firm or any person licensed or registered pursu-
20 ant to the article thirty-four of the public health law, or any employee
21 or agent thereof, when such firm, person, employee or agent is acting
22 within the scope of his, her or its duties.
23 5. No provision of this section shall be deemed to limit the liability
24 of any funeral firm or any person licensed or registered pursuant to
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 article thirty-four of the public health law, or any employee or agent
2 thereof, pursuant to any other provision of law or at equity.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
4 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
