Bill Text: NY A00652 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relates to the operation of a motor vehicle by deaf or hard of hearing drivers; provides that no deaf or hard of hearing driver shall be required to wear a hearing aid while operating a motor vehicle provided that their vehicle is equipped with a full view mirror.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-14 - starred on calendar [A00652 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00652-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           652
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  opera-
          tion of a motor vehicle by deaf or hard of hearing drivers
          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 1229-e to read as follows:
     3    §  1229-e.  Operation  of  a  motor vehicle by deaf or hard of hearing
     4  drivers. No deaf or hard of hearing driver shall be required to  wear  a
     5  hearing  aid while operating a motor vehicle in this state provided that
     6  such deaf or hard of hearing driver's vehicle is equipped  with  a  full
     7  view mirror.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04731-01-9