Bill Text: NY A06048 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to procedures engaged in by investigating peace or police officers responding to traffic accidents involving a pedestrian or bicyclist and an omnibus.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A06048 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06048-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6048
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 11, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to procedures
         engaged in by investigating peace or  police  officers  responding  to
         traffic accidents involving a pedestrian or bicyclist and an omnibus
         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 600-a to read as follows:
    3    S 600-A. ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS OR BICYCLISTS AND AN OMNIBUS.
    4  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RULE, ANY PEACE OFFICER OR
    5  POLICE OFFICER RESPONDING TO THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A COLLI-
    6  SION BETWEEN AN OMNIBUS AND EITHER A PEDESTRIAN OR BICYCLE OPERATOR, WHO
    7  IS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION AS TO THE CAUSE FOR SUCH COLLISION AND IS
    8  RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMPLETION OF AN ACCIDENT REPORT  REQUIRED  BY  THIS
    9  ARTICLE,  SHALL  ISSUE  AN APPEARANCE TICKET FOR THE OMNIBUS OPERATOR TO
   10  APPEAR IN A COURT HAVING COMPETENT JURISDICTION IF SUCH  OFFICER  HAS  A
   11  REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT A TRAFFIC INFRACTION OR MISDEMEANOR HAS
   12  BEEN  COMMITTED BY THE OMNIBUS OPERATOR. IF THE DRIVER OF THE OMNIBUS IS
   13  DULY LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE NINETEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER, HAS REMAINED  AT
   14  THE  SCENE  OF  SUCH  ACCIDENT AND HAS COOPERATED WITH THE INVESTIGATING
   15  OFFICER, THEN SUCH OFFICER SHALL NOT DETAIN OR  OTHERWISE  PREVENT  SUCH
   16  OPERATOR  FROM  LEAVING THE SCENE OF SUCH ACCIDENT AFTER THE OFFICER HAS
   17  COMPLETED HIS OR HER IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE OF SUCH  ACCI-
   18  DENT.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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