Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 06, 2009 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
May 04, 2009 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S5424
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
2009-S5424 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S5424 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5424 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing firefighters, bona fide veterans' organizations and community based organizations to solicit funds on roadways PURPOSE : This bill would change current state law to allow the common fundraising practice of collecting funds from passing motorist by volunteer fire departments and ambulance services. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends Section 1157 of the vehicle and traffic law to allow volunteer fire departments and ambulance companies to solicit donations along the roadside while also allowing the town in which the roadway is located to adequately and fairly regulate these activities. JUSTIFICATION : Fire departments, firefighter organizations and volunteer ambulance services often engage in fundraising drives in which the members of the organization stand along the road at intersections to collect funds from passing motorists who remain in their cars. The most common of these is the "fill the boot" drives that occur in towns and villages across Upstate New York each summer. While the organizers of
2009-S5424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5424 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 4, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- 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 allowing firefighters, members of a fire company auxiliary and members of a volunteer ambulance service to solicit funds on roadways THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1157 of the vehicle and traffic law, subdivision (c) as added by chapter 510 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows: S 1157. Pedestrians soliciting rides, or business. 1. (a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride, or to solicit from or sell to an occupant of any vehicle. (b) No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on a street or highway. (c) No person shall occupy any part of a state highway, except in a city or village, in any manner for the purpose of selling or soliciting. 2. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO FIREFIGHTERS, MEMBERS OF A FIRE COMPANY AUXILIARY AND MEMBERS OF A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICE WHO ARE PERFORMING FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES FOR ANY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICE ON ROADWAYS IN MUNICIPALITIES WHERE POSTED SPEED LIMITS ARE THIRTY MILES PER HOUR OR LESS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE ROADWAY IS LOCATED SHALL LIMIT THE NUMBER OF DAYS AND HOURS THAT SUCH FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES MAY BE PERFORMED AND SHALL REQUIRE SUCH SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AS THEY DEEM APPRO- PRIATE AND NECESSARY. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "MUNI- CIPALITY" SHALL MEAN A COUNTY, TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05233-06-9
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