STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7016

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- 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  permitting
          animal-drawn vehicles to equip and use amber flashing lights

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

     1    Section 1. Section 376 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5.  Animal-drawn  vehicles shall be permitted to be equipped with, and
     4  to operate, amber flashing lights of the kind used  by  hazard  vehicles
     5  while  in use and while parked. The provisions of this subdivision shall
     6  not apply in a city with a population of one million or more.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







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