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Feb 09, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A4832
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ORTIZ
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
2015-A4832 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S731
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง1225-c & 1225-d, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
A9156, S3718
2017-2018: A2649, S1261
2019-2020: A3568, S5693
2021-2022: S1107
2023-2024: S2141
2015-A4832 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4832 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the use of mobile phones and portable electronic devices while driving THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows: (J) "WHILE SUCH VEHICLE IS IN MOTION" SHALL MEAN: (I) ANY TIME A MOTOR VEHICLE IS MOVING; (II) ANY TIME A MOTOR VEHICLE IS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, STOP SIGN, RAILROAD CROSSING OR ANY OTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE REQUIRING A MOTOR VEHICLE TO STOP; OR (III) ANY TIME A MOTOR VEHICLE IS STOPPED BECAUSE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC CONGESTION OF A TRAFFIC JAM. S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 1225-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows: (E) "WHILE SUCH VEHICLE IS IN MOTION" SHALL MEAN: (I) ANY TIME A MOTOR VEHICLE IS MOVING; (II) ANY TIME A MOTOR VEHICLE IS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, STOP SIGN, RAILROAD CROSSING OR ANY OTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE REQUIRING A MOTOR VEHICLE TO STOP; OR (III) ANY TIME A MOTOR VEHICLE IS STOPPED BECAUSE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC CONGESTION OF A TRAFFIC JAM. S 3. 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. LBD02550-01-5
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