Bill Text: NY S02761 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides a fine of one thousand dollars for a person responsible for a trailer or semitrailer parked or left unattended in a city with a population of one million or more; makes certain exceptions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S02761 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02761-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2761
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 a  fine  for
          parked  or  unattended  semitrailers  or trailers on streets of a city
          with a population of one million or more
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) of section 1204 of the vehi-
     2  cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 193 of the laws of 1974, is
     3  amended and a new paragraph 3 is added to read as follows:
     4    2. In any city with a population of one million or more, whenever  any
     5  police  officer,  or any person designated by the commissioner [of traf-
     6  fic], finds a semitrailer or trailer without a tractor or towing vehicle
     7  attached, parked or unattended on  any  city  street,  such  officer  or
     8  person  designated by the commissioner [of traffic] is hereby authorized
     9  to provide for the removal of such semitrailer or trailer to  a  garage,
    10  automobile  pound  or  other place of safety.  The owner or other person
    11  lawfully entitled to the possession of such semitrailer or trailer shall
    12  be subject to a fine of one thousand dollars.
    13    3. If a semitrailer or trailer without a  tractor  or  towing  vehicle
    14  attached  is parked and left unattended while it is connected to a state
    15  sanctioned film or television production,  the  owner  or  other  person
    16  lawfully entitled to the possession of such semitrailer or trailer shall
    17  not  be subject to the one thousand dollar fine as provided in paragraph
    18  two of this subdivision.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04502-01-9