Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to transportation |
Jan 14, 2009 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A1929
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BENJAMIN
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
multi-Sponsors
Earlene Hooper
Joel Miller
2009-A1929 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง1225-d, V & T L
2009-A1929 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1929 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 14, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HOOPER, MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans- portation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to applying cosmetics while driving THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1225-d to read as follows: S 1225-D. APPLYING COSMETICS WHILE DRIVING. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN: (A) "COSMETICS" SHALL MEAN THE SAME AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWO OF THE EDUCATION LAW. (B) "APPLYING" SHALL MEAN HOLDING A COSMETIC APPLICATOR TO, OR IN THE IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY OF, THE USER'S FACE. (C) "IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY" SHALL MEAN THE DISTANCE THAT PERMITS A PERSON TO BE IN THE ACT OF APPLYING COSMETICS, BUT SHALL NOT REQUIRE PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH SUCH PERSON'S FACE. 2. (A) NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY WHILE APPLYING COSMETICS WHILE SUCH VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. (B) AN OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO APPLIES COSMETICS TO, OR IN THE IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY OF HIS OR HER FACE WHILE SUCH VEHICLE IS IN MOTION IS PRESUMED TO BE APPLYING COSMETICS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THIS SECTION. THE PRESUMPTION ESTABLISHED BY THIS SUBDIVISION IS REBUTTABLE BY EVIDENCE TENDING TO SHOW THAT THE OPERATOR WAS NOT APPLYING COSMETICS. (C) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS AUTHORIZ- ING THE SEIZURE OR FORFEITURE OF SUCH COSMETICS, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW. 3. A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE A TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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