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

New York Assembly Bill 6048 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6048--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 11, 2015
                                      ___________
       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
       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 UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION FOR THE OMNIBUS OPERATOR
   10  TO APPEAR IN A COURT HAVING COMPETENT JURISDICTION IF SUCH OFFICER HAS A
   11  REASONABLE  CAUSE  TO  BELIEVE THAT A TRAFFIC INFRACTION OR MISDEMEANOR,
   12  OTHER THAN A MISDEMEANOR DEFINED BY THIS CHAPTER, HAS BEEN COMMITTED  BY
   13  THE  OMNIBUS  OPERATOR.  IF  THE  DRIVER OF THE OMNIBUS IS DULY LICENSED
   14  UNDER ARTICLE NINETEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER, HAS REMAINED AT THE  SCENE  OF
   15  SUCH  ACCIDENT  AND  HAS COOPERATED WITH THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER, THEN
   16  SUCH OFFICER SHALL NOT DETAIN OR OTHERWISE PREVENT  SUCH  OPERATOR  FROM
   17  LEAVING  THE  SCENE OF SUCH ACCIDENT AFTER THE OFFICER HAS COMPLETED HIS
   18  OR HER IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE OF SUCH ACCIDENT.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09714-02-5