Bill Text: NY A06021 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the traffic infraction of interference with a funeral procession.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A06021 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06021-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6021--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 10, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, MILLER, HOOPER -- read once and referred
         to  the  Committee  on  Transportation  --  committee discharged, bill
         amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
         tee
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to interference
         with a funeral procession
         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 1132 to read as follows:
    3    S  1132.  INTERFERENCE  WITH A FUNERAL PROCESSION. (A) THE DRIVER OF A
    4  MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL NOT ENTER, DRIVE BETWEEN, OBSTRUCT, HINDER OR IN ANY
    5  WAY INTERFERE WITH THE VEHICLES CONSTITUTING A FUNERAL PROCESSION  WHILE
    6  SUCH  VEHICLES  ARE  IN MOTION UNLESS SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE IS PART OF SUCH
    7  PROCESSION, EXCEPT WHEN AUTHORIZED TO DO SO BY A POLICE OFFICER OR  WHEN
    8  SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE IS AN AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE EXHIBITING A VISI-
    9  BLE  SIGNAL  AND  SOUNDING  AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL OR WHEN COMPLYING WITH THE
   10  PROVISIONS OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-A OF THIS TITLE.
   11    (B) ANY PERSON OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION
   12  (A)  OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND SUBJECT
   13  TO A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN FIFTY DOLLARS.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  NOT
   14  ASSESS ANY POINTS AGAINST THE LICENSE OF A PERSON FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED
   15  THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   16    (C) NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO IMPOSE ANY LIABIL-
   17  ITY  FOR  PERSONAL  INJURY OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A VIOLATION OF THIS
   18  SECTION UPON A FUNERAL FIRM OR ANY PERSON LICENSED OR REGISTERED  PURSU-
   19  ANT  TO ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, OR ANY EMPLOYEE OR
   20  AGENT THEREOF, WHEN SUCH FIRM, PERSON, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT IS ACTING WITH-
   21  IN THE SCOPE OF HIS, HER OR ITS DUTIES.   HOWEVER, ANY FUNERAL  FIRM  OR
   22  ANY PERSON LICENSED OR REGISTERED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR OF THE
   23  PUBLIC  HEALTH LAW, OR ANY EMPLOYEE OR AGENT THEREOF, SHALL AT ALL TIMES
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07763-03-5
       A. 6021--A                          2
    1  OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL STANDARDS OF CARE  IMPOSED
    2  TO PREVENT SUCH INJURIES OR DAMAGES TO PERSONS AND/OR PROPERTY OF ANOTH-
    3  ER.
    4    S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
    5  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.