Bill Text: NY S02152 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the traffic infraction of interference with a funeral procession.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02152 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02152-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2152 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 interference with a funeral procession 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 1132 to read as follows: 3 § 1132. Interference with a funeral procession. (a) The driver of a 4 motor vehicle shall not enter, drive between, obstruct, hinder or in any 5 way interfere with the vehicles constituting a funeral procession while 6 such vehicles are in motion unless such motor vehicle is part of such 7 procession, except when authorized to do so by a police officer or when 8 such motor vehicle is an authorized emergency vehicle exhibiting a visi- 9 ble signal and sounding an audible signal or when complying with the 10 provisions of section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this title. 11 (b) Any person operating a motor vehicle in violation of subdivision 12 (a) of this section shall be guilty of a traffic infraction and subject 13 to a fine of not more than fifty dollars. The commissioner shall not 14 assess any points against the license of a person found to have violated 15 the provisions of subdivision (a) of this section. 16 (c) No provision of this section shall be deemed to impose any liabil- 17 ity for personal injury or damages resulting from a violation of this 18 section upon a funeral firm or any person licensed or registered pursu- 19 ant to article thirty-four of the public health law, or any employee or 20 agent thereof, when such firm, person, employee or agent is acting with- 21 in the scope of his, her or its duties. However, any funeral firm or 22 any person licensed or registered pursuant to article thirty-four of the 23 public health law, or any employee or agent thereof, shall at all times 24 operate motor vehicles in compliance with all standards of care imposed EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04058-01-9S. 2152 2 1 to prevent such injuries or damages to persons and/or property of anoth- 2 er. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next 4 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.