Bill Text: NY A06353 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits a city from imposing a charge or fee for motorist services provided by a fire or police department; defines "motorist" and "motorist services".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to local governments [A06353 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06353-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6353
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 25, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, GIBSON, BENEDETTO, TITONE, BARRON, SCAR-
         BOROUGH,  COLTON,  WEPRIN  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. ABBATE,
         ABINANTI, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, JACOBS, MARKEY,  MILLER,
         ROBINSON,  STEVENSON,  THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
         fees  and  charges  for motorist services provided by a fire or police
         department
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
    2  section 99-x to read as follows:
    3    S 99-X. FEES AND CHARGES FOR MOTORIST SERVICES PROHIBITED.  1. FOR THE
    4  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL  HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING
    5  MEANINGS:
    6    (A)  "MOTORIST" MEANS ANY PERSON WHO OPERATES A MOTOR VEHICLE, AS THAT
    7  TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND
    8  TRAFFIC  LAW,  OR WHO IS AN OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
    9  ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   10    (B) "MOTORIST SERVICES" MEANS ROADWAY AND ROADSIDE  SERVICES  PROVIDED
   11  TO  MOTORISTS  WHEN  THEIR  MOTOR VEHICLES ARE INVOLVED IN COLLISIONS OR
   12  OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE-RELATED INCIDENTS. SUCH SERVICES  INCLUDE,  BUT  ARE
   13  NOT  LIMITED  TO:  EXTINGUISHMENT  OF  MOTOR VEHICLE FIRES; SECURING THE
   14  ACCIDENT SCENE; STABILIZING AND SEARCHING THE MOTOR VEHICLE;  EVALUATING
   15  MOTORISTS  FOR  INJURIES;  PROVIDING  FIRST  AID AND ASSISTING AMBULANCE
   16  PERSONNEL; WRITING AN INCIDENT REPORT;  AND  WASHING  OFF  OR  OTHERWISE
   17  REMOVING DEBRIS FROM THE ROADWAY.
   18    2. NO CITY SHALL IMPOSE A CHARGE OR FEE FOR MOTORIST SERVICES PROVIDED
   19  BY  A  FIRE  DEPARTMENT  OR  POLICE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE CONTROL OF SUCH
   20  CITY.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09782-01-3