Bill Text: NY A07061 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the use of stop arms on motor vehicles other than school buses used to transport school children.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A07061 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07061-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7061
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      April 4, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
          the use of stop arms on motor vehicles other than school buses
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 53 to read as follows:
     3    53.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for any person while operating any motor
     4  vehicle, other than a school bus used to transport school  children,  on
     5  any  public  highway  or  street  in the state to use a stop arm on such
     6  vehicle.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     8  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10561-01-9