Bill Text: NY S07655 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7655 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Provides that people may not stand in the street and solicit donations from passing vehicles unless such persons first obtain a permit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-08 - referred to transportation [S07655 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7655
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 12, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- 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  solic-
          itation of donations on state highways
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1157 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d)  Notwithstanding  subdivisions  (a)  and  (c)  of this section, no
     4  person shall occupy any part of  a  state  highway  outside  a  city  or
     5  village  for  the  purpose  of soliciting on behalf of a fire company as
     6  defined by subdivision two of section one hundred of the general munici-
     7  pal law, a voluntary ambulance service as defined by  subdivision  three
     8  of  section one hundred of the general municipal law, or an organization
     9  exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501 (c) of the internal revenue
    10  code unless such solicitation is conducted pursuant to, and  in  compli-
    11  ance with, a permit issued by the commissioner of transportation.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11930-01-5