Bill Text: NY S00948 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits the use of hands-free mobile telephones by operators of motor vehicles who hold learner's permits.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-29 - referred to transportation [S00948 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00948-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        948--A
           Cal. No. 70
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Transportation  --
         reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
         report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
         retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
         the use of mobile telephones by operators of motor vehicles  who  hold
         learner's permits
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 1225-c of the  vehicle  and
    2  traffic  law,  as added by chapter 69 of the laws of 2001, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    3. Subdivision two of this section shall not apply to (a) the use of a
    5  mobile telephone for the sole purpose of communicating with any  of  the
    6  following regarding an emergency situation: an emergency response opera-
    7  tor;  a  hospital,  physician's  office  or  health clinic; an ambulance
    8  company or corps; a fire department, district or company;  or  a  police
    9  department, (b) any of the following persons while in the performance of
   10  their  official duties: a police officer or peace officer; a member of a
   11  fire department, district or company; or the operator of  an  authorized
   12  emergency vehicle as defined in section one hundred one of this chapter,
   13  or (c) the use of a hands-free mobile telephone, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
   14  THE  USE  OF  A  HANDS-FREE  MOBILE TELEPHONE SHALL BE PROHIBITED FOR AN
   15  OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO IS A HOLDER OF A LEARNER'S PERMIT.
   16    4. A violation of subdivision two  OR  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  SUBDIVISION
   17  THREE of this section shall be a traffic infraction and shall be punish-
   18  able by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
   19    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   20  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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