Bill Text: NY A07130 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7130 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to dashboard cameras on sanitation vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A07130 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07130-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7130
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 10, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FERNANDEZ  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  dashboard
          cameras on sanitation vehicles
          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.  A vehicle operated for the purpose of providing solid, hazardous,
     4  or medical waste collection, recycling or  disposal  services  shall  be
     5  equipped  with  an  operating  dashboard  camera.  Such  camera shall be
     6  recording at all times such vehicle is being operated for the purpose of
     7  providing solid, hazardous, or medical waste  collection,  recycling  or
     8  disposal services. The video recording of such dashboard camera shall be
     9  preserved  by the owner of such sanitation vehicle for a period of four-
    10  teen days after the date it is recorded. The provisions of this subdivi-
    11  sion shall not apply to vehicles owned or operated by  a  county,  city,
    12  town, village or a political subdivision of the state.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10973-02-9