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Jul 25, 2018 |
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Assembly Bill A11284
2017-2018 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
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Walter T. Mosley
Sandy Galef
2017-A11284 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1225-d, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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A1934
2017-A11284 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11284 I N A S S E M B L Y July 25, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of 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 enacting the non-motion under the influence of electronics act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall by known and may be cited as the "non-motion under the influence of electronics act". § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2, and subdivisions 3, 4, and 6 of section 1225-d of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (b) of subdivi- sion 2 as amended by section 8 and subdivision 4 as amended by section 10 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, subdivision 3 as added by chapter 403 of the laws of 2009, and subdivision 6 as amended by section 7 of part B of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows: (b) "Using" shall mean holding a portable electronic device while viewing, taking or transmitting images OR VIDEOS, playing games, INPUT- TING INFORMATION INTO A MUSIC APP OR GPS-BASED NAVIGATION APP or, for the purpose of present or future communication: performing a command or request to access a world wide web page, composing, sending, reading, viewing, accessing, browsing, transmitting, saving or retrieving e-mail, text messages, instant messages, or other electronic data. "USING" SHALL NOT MEAN OPERATING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE BY A VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRES NO PHYSICAL TOUCHING OF SUCH DEVICE. 3. Subdivision one of this section shall not apply to (a) the use of a portable electronic device for the sole purpose of communicating with any of the following regarding an emergency situation: an emergency response operator; a hospital; a 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, (C) THE OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE THAT IS LEGALLY PARKED. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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