Assembly Bill A9616

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of mobile telephones by operators of motor vehicles who hold learner's permits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A9616 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S948
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1225-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S604
2013-2014: A2723, S1511
2015-2016: A6383, S383
2017-2018: A3881, S1257
2019-2020: A1376, S2980
2021-2022: A3209, S1316
2023-2024: A1421

2011-A9616 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of hands-free mobile telephones by operators of motor vehicles who hold learner's permits.

2011-A9616 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9616

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEISENBERG  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
  the  use  of mobile telephones by operators of motor vehicles who hold
  learner's permits

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and
traffic law, as added by chapter 69 of the laws of 2001, are amended  to
read as follows:
  3. Subdivision two of this section shall not apply to (a) the use of a
mobile  telephone  for the sole purpose of communicating with any of the
following regarding an emergency situation: an emergency response opera-
tor; a hospital, physician's  office  or  health  clinic;  an  ambulance
company  or  corps;  a fire department, district or company; or a police
department, (b) any of the following persons while in the performance of
their official duties: a police officer or peace officer; a member of  a
fire  department,  district or company; or the operator of an authorized
emergency vehicle as defined in section one hundred one of this chapter,
or (c) the use of a hands-free mobile telephone, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
THE USE OF A HANDS-FREE MOBILE TELEPHONE  SHALL  BE  PROHIBITED  FOR  AN
OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO IS A HOLDER OF A LEARNER'S PERMIT.
  4.  A  violation  of  subdivision  two OR PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION
THREE of this section shall be a traffic infraction and shall be punish-
able by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04410-03-2

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