Bill Text: NY S06623 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Regulates the length of car carriers and tow trucks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - SIGNED CHAP.303 [S06623 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06623-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6623
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 19, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  the  length
         of car carriers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 105-a of the vehicle and traffic law is  renumbered
    2  section 105-b and a new section 105-a is added to read as follows:
    3    S  105-A.  CAR CARRIER. A TRUCK THAT IS DESIGNED TO TOW AND CARRY TWO,
    4  THREE OR FOUR MOTOR VEHICLES. A TWO CAR CARRIER IS  DESIGNED  TO  TOW  A
    5  MOTOR  VEHICLE  AND CARRY A MOTOR VEHICLE ON A STEEL OR ALUMINUM DECK. A
    6  THREE CAR CARRIER IS DESIGNED TO TOW A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CARRY TWO MOTOR
    7  VEHICLES ON A STEEL OR ALUMINUM DECK AND A FOUR CAR CARRIER IS  DESIGNED
    8  TO  TOW A MOTOR VEHICLE, CARRY TWO MOTOR VEHICLES ON A STEEL OR ALUMINUM
    9  DECK AND A THIRD MOTOR VEHICLE ON A DECK ABOVE THE CAB OF THE  TRUCK.  A
   10  CAR CARRIER THAT IS ENGAGED IN COMMERCIAL TOWING MAY ALSO BE REFERRED TO
   11  AS A TOW TRUCK AND MUST BE REGISTERED AS A TOW TRUCK.
   12    S 2. Section 127 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter
   13  26 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   14    S 127. Overhang.  That  portion of a transported vehicle or boat which
   15  extends beyond the front or rear bumper of an automobile transporter  or
   16  stinger-steered  automobile  transporter or boat transporter or stinger-
   17  steered boat transporter, OR THAT PORTION OF A TRANSPORTED VEHICLE  THAT
   18  EXTENDS BEYOND THE REAR BUMPER OF A CAR CARRIER.
   19    S  3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 385 of the vehicle and
   20  traffic law, as amended by chapter 173 of the laws of 1990,  is  amended
   21  to read as follows:
   22    (a)  The  length  of  a single vehicle, inclusive of load and bumpers,
   23  shall be not more than forty feet  unless  otherwise  provided  in  this
   24  subdivision, EXCEPT THAT A CAR CARRIER MAY HAVE AN OVERHANG THAT EXTENDS
   25  BEYOND THE REAR BUMPER OF SUCH CAR CARRIER BY NOT MORE THAN THREE FEET.
   26    S  4.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   27  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14065-01-4