Bill Text: NY A08553 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8553 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires certain buses and trucks to be equipped with commercial GPS devices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to transportation [A08553 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08553-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8553

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    December 13, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES, THIELE -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
          certain buses and trucks be equipped with commercial GPS devices

          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 55 to read as follows:
     3    55.  Every bus, omnibus and commercial truck operating upon the public
     4  highways of the state, shall be equipped with a commercial  GPS  device.
     5  Such  GPS  device  must:  (a)  allow the capability of entering into the
     6  device the dimensions of the vehicle, including  length,  width,  height
     7  and weight; and (b) provide route directions that account for commercial
     8  truck  restrictions  such as bridge heights and clearances, load limits,
     9  one-way  road   designations,   and   left-hand   and   dangerous   turn
    10  restrictions.   The GPS device shall be kept in good operating condition
    11  at all times and must be mounted in a place readily accessible for use.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    13  have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
    14  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    15  of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
    16  completed on or before such effective date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13905-01-1