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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 18, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S2924
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 60th 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S2924 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8972
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §101, V & T L; amd §24, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S6269, A8651
2019-2020: S1362, A7447
2021-2022: S5264, A1274
2023-2024: A225
2017-S2924 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2924 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the executive law, in relation to authorizing chief executives to designate any vehicle as an emergency vehicle during a declaration of a disaster emergency by executive action or local state of emergency PURPOSE : To afford chief executives (county executives, city and village mayors and town supervisors) the ability to designate, as deemed appropriate, vehicle(s) as an authorized emergency vehicle in the event a state of emergency is declared by either the governor or a local official. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends the provision of the vehicle and traffic law, which defines an authorized emergency vehicle, to include that a chief executive, as defined pursuant to section 20 of the executive, may authorize any vehicle as an emergency vehicle during the governor's declaration of a disaster emergency by executive action pursuant to section 28 of the executive law or a local state of emergency pursuant to section 24 of the executive law. Section 2 amends the executive law governing local states of emergency by clarifying that emergency vehicles shall mean such vehicles as
2017-S2924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2924 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, AVELLA, BOYLE, FUNKE, MARCHIONE, ORTT, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, SERINO, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta- tion AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the executive law, in relation to authorizing chief executives to designate any vehicle as an emergency vehicle during a declaration of a disaster emergency by executive action or local state of emergency THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 446 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: § 101. Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance, police vehicle or bicycle, correction vehicle, fire vehicle, civil defense emergency vehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle, blood delivery vehicle, county emergency medical services vehicle, environmental emergency response vehicle, sanitation patrol vehicle, hazardous materials emer- gency vehicle and ordnance disposal vehicle of the armed forces of the United States AND ANY VEHICLE A CHIEF EXECUTIVE, AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AUTHORIZES AS AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE DURING THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION OF A DISASTER EMERGENCY BY EXECUTIVE ACTION PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW OR A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 24 of the executive law, as added by chapter 640 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: a. the establishment of a curfew and the prohibition and control of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, except essential [emergency vehicles and personnel] AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED ONE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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