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                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAF -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  funeral
         processions
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 1144-b to read as follows:
    3    S  1144-B.  OPERATION  OF A VEHICLE; YIELDING TO A FUNERAL PROCESSION.
    4  (A) THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE APPROACHING A FUNERAL PROCESSION,  WHICH  IS
    5  MARKED  BY PLACARDS IDENTIFYING A VEHICLE AS SUCH, SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT
    6  OF WAY TO SUCH PROCESSION.
    7    (B) FAILURE TO YIELD TO A FUNERAL PROCESSION, OR TO  OTHERWISE  INTER-
    8  RUPT SUCH PROCESSION WITH A VEHICLE, SHALL BE PENALIZED BY A TWO HUNDRED
    9  DOLLAR FINE AND ONE POINT ON SUCH DRIVERS' LICENSE.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07195-01-3