Bill Text: NY A08590 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for a definition of autonomous vehicles and mandates that drivers with a class DJ learner's permit or license may only operate an autonomous vehicle under supervision.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-30 - enacting clause stricken [A08590 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08590-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8590
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      July 10, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  opera-
          tion  of  motor vehicles with autonomous technology; and providing for
          the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          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 two new
     2  sections 100-e and 100-f to read as follows:
     3    § 100-e. Autonomous technology. Technology installed on a motor  vehi-
     4  cle that has the capability to drive the vehicle on which the technology
     5  is  installed without the active control or monitoring by a human opera-
     6  tor.  Such term excludes a motor  vehicle  enabled  with  active  safety
     7  systems  or  driver assistance systems, including, without limitation, a
     8  system to provide electronic blind  spot  assistance,  crash  avoidance,
     9  emergency  braking,  parking  assistance,  adaptive cruise control, lane
    10  keep assistance, lane departure warning,  or  traffic  jam  and  queuing
    11  assistant,  unless  any  such  system alone or in combination with other
    12  systems enables the motor vehicle on which the technology  is  installed
    13  to drive without the active control or monitoring by a human operator.
    14    §  100-f. Autonomous vehicle. A motor vehicle equipped with autonomous
    15  technology.
    16    § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    17  507-a to read as follows:
    18    §  507-a.  Operation of autonomous vehicles. 1. Any person who holds a
    19  class D license or its equivalent may operate an autonomous vehicle upon
    20  a public highway.
    21    2. Any person who holds a class DJ learner's permit or license or  its
    22  equivalent  may operate an autonomous vehicle upon a public highway when
    23  the person is under the immediate supervision and control  of  either  a
    24  person  at  least  eighteen years of age or a person who holds a license
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  valid in this state, unless there is a medical emergency which  requires
     2  the  operation  of  the  autonomous vehicle without the supervision of a
     3  person at least eighteen years of age or a person who  holds  a  license
     4  valid in this state.
     5    3.  Any person who holds a class DJ learner's permit or license or its
     6  equivalent who violates subdivision two of this section shall  have  his
     7  or her learner's permit or license suspended for  a period of sixty days
     8  pursuant to section five hundred ten-c of this title.
     9    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    10  have become a law, and shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  either  6
    11  years  after  such  date or upon a statement from the governor's traffic
    12  safety committee which declares autonomous technology  safe  enough  for
    13  class  DJ  learner's  permit or license holders to operate an autonomous
    14  vehicle without the supervision of a person at least 18 years of age  or
    15  a  person  who  holds  a  license  valid in this state, whichever occurs
    16  first; provided that the governor's traffic safety committee shall noti-
    17  fy the legislative bill drafting commission of the date of such declara-
    18  tion in order that the commission may maintain an  accurate  and  timely
    19  effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
    20  York  in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the
    21  legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.