Bill Text: NY A02455 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the removal of accumulated snow and ice from motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A02455 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02455-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2455
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
          the removal of accumulated snow and ice from motor vehicles
          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. Removal of snow and ice. (1) The operator of any motor vehi-
     4  cle  shall  remove  any accumulated ice or snow from such motor vehicle,
     5  including the hood, trunk and roof of such motor vehicle,  so  that  any
     6  ice  or  snow  accumulated  on  such  vehicle  does not pose a threat to
     7  persons or property while the vehicle is being operated on any street or
     8  highway of this state where the speed  limit  exceeds  forty  miles  per
     9  hour.  Any  operator  who  fails  to remove accumulated ice or snow that
    10  poses such a threat shall be fined seventy-five dollars.
    11    (2) This section shall not apply to: (a) any operator of a motor vehi-
    12  cle during a period of snow, sleet or freezing rain if such period began
    13  and continued during the period of the motor  vehicle's  operation;  (b)
    14  any  operator of a motor vehicle during the time such vehicle is parked;
    15  (c) authorized emergency vehicles, as such term is  defined  in  section
    16  one hundred one of this chapter; or (d) to persons with a disability.
    17    (3) For the purposes of this section:
    18    (a)  "Motor  vehicle"  shall  have  the same meaning as in section one
    19  hundred twenty-five of this chapter.
    20    (b) "Accumulated ice or snow" shall mean at least two inches  of  snow
    21  or one-half inch of ice.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08481-01-7