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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Feb 20, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A5875
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
REILICH
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Joseph Errigo
Stephen Hawley
Joseph Giglio
David McDonough
multi-Sponsors
James Bacalles
Tony Jordan
Thomas McKevitt
David Townsend
2009-A5875 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A5875 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5875 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 20, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. REILICH -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exceptions related to drivers' licenses and learners' permits and removing the requirement that military, police or fire vehicles are being used in an emergency operation by holders with a lower class of license THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 501 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 6 of part E of chapter 60 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: (i) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision, a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles, other than a motorcycle, that is a military vehicle operated by a member of the armed forces, or a police or fire vehicle [during its use in an emergency operation, as defined in section one hundred fourteen-b of this chapter,] or a vehicle owned and identified as being owned by the state, a political subdivi- sion thereof, an ambulance service as defined in subdivision two of section three thousand one of the public health law or a voluntary ambu- lance service as defined in subdivision three of such section and used to provide emergency medical service as defined in section three thou- sand one of the public health law may be operated with any class license other than a class DJ, M or MJ license. For the purposes of this para- graph the term "member of the armed forces" shall include active duty military personnel; members of the reserve components of the armed forc- es; members of the national guard on active duty, including personnel on full time active guard duty, personnel on part-time national guard training, and national guard military technicians (civilians who are required to wear military uniforms); and active duty United States coast guard personnel. The term shall not include United States reserve tech- nicians. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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