Bill Text: NY A06048 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 6048 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to procedures engaged in by investigating peace or police officers responding to traffic accidents involving a pedestrian or bicyclist and an omnibus.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A06048 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06048-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6048--B
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 11, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MOSLEY, COLTON, ABBATE, PICHARDO, WEPRIN, BROOK-
         KRASNY, WRIGHT, ORTIZ, BENEDETTO, WALKER, RICHARDSON, DAVILA, SEPULVE-
         DA, BICHOTTE, CRESPO, LINARES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BRON-
         SON,   DILAN   --   read   once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Transportation  --  committee  discharged,   bill   amended,   ordered
         reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
         reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to procedures
         engaged in by investigating peace or  police  officers  responding  to
         traffic accidents involving a pedestrian or bicyclist and an omnibus
         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 600-a to read as follows:
    3    S 600-A. ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS OR BICYCLISTS AND AN OMNIBUS.
    4  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RULE, ANY PEACE OFFICER OR
    5  POLICE OFFICER RESPONDING TO THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A COLLI-
    6  SION BETWEEN AN OMNIBUS AND EITHER A PEDESTRIAN OR BICYCLE OPERATOR, WHO
    7  IS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION AS TO THE CAUSE FOR SUCH COLLISION AND IS
    8  RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMPLETION OF AN ACCIDENT REPORT  REQUIRED  BY  THIS
    9  ARTICLE,  SHALL  ISSUE  A SIMPLIFIED TRAFFIC INFORMATION FOR THE OMNIBUS
   10  OPERATOR TO APPEAR IN A COURT  HAVING  COMPETENT  JURISDICTION  IF  SUCH
   11  OFFICER  HAS  A  REASONABLE  CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT A TRAFFIC INFRACTION,
   12  OTHER THAN A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
   13  NINETY-TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  OR MISDEMEANOR, OTHER THAN A MISDEMEANOR
   14  DEFINED BY THIS CHAPTER, HAS BEEN COMMITTED BY THE OMNIBUS OPERATOR.  IF
   15  THE  DRIVER  OF THE OMNIBUS IS DULY LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE NINETEEN-A OF
   16  THIS CHAPTER, HAS REMAINED AT THE SCENE OF SUCH ACCIDENT AND HAS COOPER-
   17  ATED WITH THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER, THEN SUCH OFFICER SHALL NOT  DETAIN
   18  OR  OTHERWISE PREVENT SUCH OPERATOR FROM LEAVING THE SCENE OF SUCH ACCI-
   19  DENT AFTER THE OFFICER HAS COMPLETED HIS OR HER IMMEDIATE  INVESTIGATION
   20  AT THE SCENE OF SUCH ACCIDENT.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09714-04-5