Bill Text: NY A05101 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5101 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits drivers of a bus, taxi or livery from using hands-free mobile telephones; provides for certain exceptions.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to transportation [A05101 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05101-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5101

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 11, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, FAHY, SANTABARBARA, TAYLOR, GALEF, GOTT-
          FRIED,  McDONOUGH,  WALCZYK,  DeSTEFANO,  GRIFFIN  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Transportation

        AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to drivers of
          buses, taxis and livery vehicles using hands-free mobile telephones

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
     3    (e) No driver of a bus, livery or taxi shall use a  hands-free  mobile
     4  telephone  while  operating  a moving bus or motor vehicle except in the
     5  case of an emergency pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision  three  of
     6  this section or if such hands-free mobile telephone is used for dispatch
     7  or  if the bus or motor vehicle is parked, for purposes other than drop-
     8  ping off or picking up passengers, at the side  of,  or  off,  a  public
     9  highway  in  a  location  where such vehicle is not otherwise prohibited
    10  from stopping by law, rule, regulation or any lawful order or  direction
    11  of a police officer.
    12    §  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
    13  as added by chapter 69 of the laws  of  2001,  is  amended  to  read  as
    14  follows:
    15    3. Subdivision two of this section shall not apply to (a) the use of a
    16  mobile  telephone  for the sole purpose of communicating with any of the
    17  following regarding an emergency situation: an emergency response opera-
    18  tor; a hospital, physician's  office  or  health  clinic;  an  ambulance
    19  company  or  corps;  a fire department, district or company; or a police
    20  department, (b) any of the following persons while in the performance of
    21  their official duties: a police officer or peace officer; a member of  a
    22  fire  department,  district or company; or the operator of an authorized
    23  emergency vehicle as defined in section one hundred one of this chapter,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01968-01-1

        A. 5101                             2

     1  or (c) the use of a hands-free mobile telephone, except in the case of a
     2  driver operating a bus, taxi or livery.
     3    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law.