Bill Text: NY A04110 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits use of safety strobe light to change a traffic signal by an unauthorized person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A04110 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04110-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4110
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 1, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. MONTESANO, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to unlawful use
          of a safety strobe light
          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 1115-a to read as follows:
     3    § 1115-a. Unlawful use of a safety strobe light.  It shall be unlawful
     4  for any person to use a safety strobe light for the purpose of switching
     5  a   traffic   signal.  This  provision  shall  not  apply  to  emergency
     6  agencies/personnel or law enforcement agencies and persons authorized by
     7  said agencies to use said lights.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08299-01-9