Bill Text: NY S00914 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 914 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Enacts "Valeria's law"; requires police officers to notify family members in person of a relative's death in certain circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00914 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00914-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          914
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
         police  officers  to  notify  family members in person of a relative's
         death in certain circumstances
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as "Valeria's
    2  law".
    3    S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    4  603-c to read as follows:
    5    S 603-C. ACCIDENTS; POLICE TO NOTIFY IN PERSON. 1. IN EACH MOTOR VEHI-
    6  CLE  ACCIDENT  OR  ANY  OTHER  EVENT  OR INCIDENT IN WHICH ANY PERSON IS
    7  KILLED, WHO WAS NOT IN VIOLATION OF ANY LAW, RULES, REGULATIONS,  PROCE-
    8  DURES  OR  SUMMONS, THE POLICE OFFICER, AGENCY OR INDIVIDUAL WHO, IN THE
    9  REGULAR COURSE OF DUTY, INVESTIGATES SUCH ACCIDENT,  EVENT  OR  INCIDENT
   10  SHALL  USE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY IN PERSON, A MEMBER
   11  OF THE PERSON'S FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD OF THE FATALITY AS SOON AS PRACTICA-
   12  BLE AFTER SUCH ACCIDENT, EVENT OR INCIDENT.
   13    2. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL INDICATE THAT THE PERSON  WAS  KILLED,  THE
   14  LOCATION  OF  THE  ACCIDENT,  EVENT  OR INCIDENT AND THE LOCATION OF THE
   15  PERSON'S BODY OR REMAINS.
   16    S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   17  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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