Bill Text: NY A00304 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that it shall be a defense to a charge of a traffic infraction for running a red light that the police manipulated such device with the purpose of assessing a ticket against an individual.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-03 - reported referred to rules [A00304 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00304-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          304
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, WEISENBERG -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. COOK, HOOPER, McDONOUGH, ORTIZ, SCARBOROUGH  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to manipulation
         of traffic control signals
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Subdivision (a) of section 1110 of the vehicle and traffic
    2  law, as amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 1964, is amended  to  read
    3  as follows:
    4    (a)  Every person shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-
    5  control  device  applicable  to  him  placed  in  accordance  with   the
    6  provisions  of  this  chapter, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or
    7  police officer, subject to the  exceptions  granted  the  driver  of  an
    8  authorized  emergency vehicle in this title.  IT SHALL BE AN AFFIRMATIVE
    9  DEFENSE TO ANY CHARGE OF FAILING TO OBEY A TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL PURSU-
   10  ANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE THAT A POLICE OFFI-
   11  CER, PEACE OFFICER, OR OTHER PERSON AUTHORIZED TO  ISSUE  A  SUMMONS  OR
   12  APPEARANCE  TICKET,  MANIPULATED  SUCH  TRAFFIC  CONTROL SIGNAL WITH THE
   13  PURPOSE OF ASSESSING A TICKET AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL.
   14    S 2. This act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  shall  apply  to
   15  violations occurring on and after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02653-01-3