Assembly Actions -
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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A549
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DINOWITZ
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
Sandy Galef
Felix Ortiz
Dan Quart
multi-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Harvey Weisenberg
2011-A549 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A549 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone while operating a bicycle upon a public highway, bicycle lane or roadway; provides an exception for emergency calls and hands-free mobile telephones; further prohibits local governments from regulating the use of a mobile telephone by bicycle operators and provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof.
2011-A549 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 549 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GALEF, MAYERSOHN, ORTIZ -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED, 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 a mobile telephone while operating a bicycle and to prohib- it local governments from regulating the use of mobile telephones by bicycle operators and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof 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 1238-a to read as follows: S 1238-A. USE OF MOBILE TELEPHONES; PROHIBITED. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN: (A) "MOBILE TELEPHONE" SHALL MEAN THE DEVICE USED BY SUBSCRIBERS AND OTHER USERS OF WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICE TO ACCESS SUCH SERVICE. (B) "WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICE" SHALL MEAN TWO-WAY REAL TIME VOICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE THAT IS INTERCONNECTED TO A PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK AND IS PROVIDED BY A COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED BY 47 C.F.R. S 20.3. (C) "USING" SHALL MEAN HOLDING A MOBILE TELEPHONE TO, OR IN THE IMME- DIATE PROXIMITY OF, THE USER'S EAR. (D) "HAND-HELD MOBILE TELEPHONE" SHALL MEAN A MOBILE TELEPHONE WITH WHICH A USER ENGAGES IN A CALL USING AT LEAST ONE HAND. (E) "HANDS-FREE MOBILE TELEPHONE" SHALL MEAN A MOBILE TELEPHONE THAT HAS AN INTERNAL FEATURE OR FUNCTION, OR THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH AN ATTACH- MENT OR ADDITION, WHETHER OR NOT PERMANENTLY PART OF SUCH MOBILE TELE- PHONE, BY WHICH A USER ENGAGES IN A CALL WITHOUT THE USE OF EITHER HAND, WHETHER OR NOT THE USE OF EITHER HAND IS NECESSARY TO ACTIVATE, DEACTI- VATE OR INITIATE A FUNCTION OF SUCH TELEPHONE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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