STATE OF NEW YORK
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6675--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
August 28, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to restricting
driving in a passing lane without overtaking or passing a vehicle
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "failure to
2 pass act".
3 § 2. Section 1122 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
4 a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
5 (c) When driving on an interstate highway, no motor vehicle shall
6 drive for more than one and one-half miles in a passing lane if such
7 vehicle is not overtaking or passing a vehicle pursuant to this section.
8 Notwithstanding 15 NYCRR Part 131 or any other law, rule, or regulation
9 to the contrary, a violation of this subdivision shall not constitute a
10 lane violation in accordance with the regulatory authority of the
11 commissioner. A violation of this subdivision shall be punishable by a
12 fine of fifty dollars for the first offense and by a fine of one hundred
13 dollars for each subsequent offense.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13676-02-9
