Assembly Bill A8553

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain buses and trucks to be equipped with commercial GPS devices

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A8553 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5244

2021-A8553 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain buses and trucks to be equipped with commercial GPS devices.

2021-A8553 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8553
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES, THIELE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   certain buses and trucks be equipped with commercial GPS devices
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 55 to read as follows:
   55.  EVERY BUS, OMNIBUS AND COMMERCIAL TRUCK OPERATING UPON THE PUBLIC
 HIGHWAYS OF THE STATE, SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A COMMERCIAL  GPS  DEVICE.
 SUCH  GPS  DEVICE  MUST:  (A)  ALLOW THE CAPABILITY OF ENTERING INTO THE
 DEVICE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING  LENGTH,  WIDTH,  HEIGHT
 AND WEIGHT; AND (B) PROVIDE ROUTE DIRECTIONS THAT ACCOUNT FOR COMMERCIAL
 TRUCK  RESTRICTIONS  SUCH AS BRIDGE HEIGHTS AND CLEARANCES, LOAD LIMITS,
 ONE-WAY  ROAD   DESIGNATIONS,   AND   LEFT-HAND   AND   DANGEROUS   TURN
 RESTRICTIONS.   THE GPS DEVICE SHALL BE KEPT IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION
 AT ALL TIMES AND MUST BE MOUNTED IN A PLACE READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR USE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13905-01-1

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