Bill Text: NY S00760 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 760 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Prohibits reckless driving in parking lots.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-10-23 - SIGNED CHAP.436 [S00760 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00760-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         760--B
            Cal. No. 725

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
          favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
          ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
          its place in the order of third reading -- again amended  and  ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

        AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
          reckless driving in parking lots

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  1212 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
     2  chapter 47 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 1212. Reckless driving. (a) Reckless driving shall mean  driving  or
     4  using  any  motor  vehicle, motorcycle or any other vehicle propelled by
     5  any power other than muscular power or any appliance or accessory there-
     6  of in a manner which unreasonably interferes with the  free  and  proper
     7  use  of the public highway or any parking lot, or unreasonably endangers
     8  users of the public highway or any  parking  lot.  Reckless  driving  is
     9  prohibited.  Every  person violating this provision shall be guilty of a
    10  misdemeanor.
    11    (b) As used in this section, "parking lot"  shall  mean  any  area  or
    12  areas  of  private property, including a driveway, near or contiguous to
    13  and provided in connection with premises and used as a means  of  access
    14  to and egress from a public highway to such premises and having a capac-
    15  ity  for  the  parking of four or more motor vehicles. The provisions of
    16  this section shall not apply to any area or areas  of  private  property
    17  comprising  all  or  part  of property on which is situated a one or two
    18  family residence.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    20  have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02750-07-3