Bill Text: NY A02623 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits a city from imposing a charge or fee for motorist services provided by a fire or police department; defines "motorist" and "motorist services".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to local governments [A02623 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02623-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2623
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BRENNAN, BENEDETTO, TITONE, SCARBOROUGH, COLTON,
         WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  ABBATE,  ABINANTI,  COOK,
         CYMBROWITZ, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, MARKEY, MILLER, ROBINSON, THIELE -- read
         once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
       AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to prohibiting
         fees and charges for motorist services provided by a  fire  or  police
         department
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 99-x to read as follows:
    3    S 99-X. FEES AND CHARGES FOR MOTORIST SERVICES PROHIBITED.  1. FOR THE
    4  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
    5  MEANINGS:
    6    (A) "MOTORIST" MEANS ANY PERSON WHO OPERATES A MOTOR VEHICLE, AS  THAT
    7  TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND
    8  TRAFFIC LAW, OR WHO IS AN OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE, AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION
    9  ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   10    (B)  "MOTORIST  SERVICES" MEANS ROADWAY AND ROADSIDE SERVICES PROVIDED
   11  TO MOTORISTS WHEN THEIR MOTOR VEHICLES ARE  INVOLVED  IN  COLLISIONS  OR
   12  OTHER  MOTOR  VEHICLE-RELATED  INCIDENTS. SUCH SERVICES INCLUDE, BUT ARE
   13  NOT LIMITED TO: EXTINGUISHMENT OF  MOTOR  VEHICLE  FIRES;  SECURING  THE
   14  ACCIDENT  SCENE; STABILIZING AND SEARCHING THE MOTOR VEHICLE; EVALUATING
   15  MOTORISTS FOR INJURIES; PROVIDING  FIRST  AID  AND  ASSISTING  AMBULANCE
   16  PERSONNEL;  WRITING  AN  INCIDENT  REPORT;  AND WASHING OFF OR OTHERWISE
   17  REMOVING DEBRIS FROM THE ROADWAY.
   18    2. NO CITY SHALL IMPOSE A CHARGE OR FEE FOR MOTORIST SERVICES PROVIDED
   19  BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE DEPARTMENT  UNDER  THE  CONTROL  OF  SUCH
   20  CITY.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02453-01-5