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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S243
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 7th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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
2015-S243 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S243 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the surfaces of non-commercial vehicles and commercial vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or less to be cleared of accumulated snow, sleet or hail; exempts any automobile transporter, motorcycle or authorized emergency vehicle; imposes fines.
2015-S243 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S243 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring the surfaces of certain vehicles to be cleared of accumulated snow, sleet, or hail PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill will require the surfaces of noncommercial vehicles to be cleared of accumulated snow, sleet or hail. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : This bill amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section 1229-e which requires the removal of snow, sleet or hail from any non-commercial, or commercial vehicle weighing less than ten thousand pounds traveling on a public street or highway. 2. This section shall not apply during the falling of snow. 3. This section provides for a penalty of not less than fifty ($50) nor more than one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars, excluding disabled operators. 4. This section provides for a penalty of no less than two hundred fifty ($250) dollars and no more than five hundred ($500) dollars if
2015-S243 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 243 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- 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 requiring the surfaces of certain vehicles to be cleared of accumulated snow, sleet, or hail 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 1229-e to read as follows: S 1229-E. CLEARANCE OF SNOW, SLEET, AND HAIL. 1. NO PERSON SHALL OPER- ATE A NON-COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OR A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING OF TEN THOUSAND POUNDS OR LESS ON A PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY WHILE THERE IS AN ACCUMULATION OF SNOW, SLEET, OR HAIL ON THE ROOF OR CARGO BED SURFACES THEREOF, WHETHER OF ANY OCCUPANT COMPARTMENT, TRAILER, OR OTHER CARGO COMPARTMENT. 2. THE REMOVAL OF ACCUMULATED SNOW, SLEET, OR HAIL REQUIRED BY SUBDI- VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY DURING THE FALLING OF SNOW, SLEET, OR HAIL. 3. THE OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, EXCLUDING A SEVERELY DISABLED PERSON, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS. 4. THE OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WHERE SUCH VIOLATION RESULTS IN THE PHYSICAL INJURY OF ANOTHER PERSON, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 10.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, OR DAMAGE TO PROP- ERTY OF ANOTHER PERSON, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. ADDITIONALLY, A LICENSE POINT VALUE OF ONE POINT SHALL BE APPLIED. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02142-01-5
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