Bill Text: NY A05287 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires every tractor trailer driven on a public highway to display lighted head lamps 24 hours a day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A05287 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05287-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5287
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 15, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. OAKS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BURLING,
         CROUCH, FINCH, KOLB, McDONOUGH, J. MILLER, SALADINO -- read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring 24
         hour use of lighted head lamps by tractor trailers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
    3    (E) EVERY TRACTOR AS DEFINED IN SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE-A  OF
    4  THIS  CHAPTER,  DRIVEN  UPON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY AT ANY TIME, SHALL DISPLAY
    5  ITS HEAD LAMPS, AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS
    6  SUBDIVISION, TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04297-01-1