Bill Text: NY S02089 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to intermediate side reflex reflectors or intermediate side marker lamps on motorcycles; prohibits white, red or blue reflectors or lamps; prohibits intermediate side marker lamps from revolving, rotating, flashing, oscillating, constantly moving, or being designed to illuminate the roadway around the motorcycle or otherwise be a distraction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02089 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02089-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2089
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 22, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. RANZENHOFER, FUNKE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Transporta-
          tion
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to intermediate
          side  reflex  reflectors or intermediate side marker lamps on motorcy-
          cles
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 381 of the vehicle and traffic law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d)  Every  motorcycle  may  have one or more intermediate side reflex
     4  reflectors or intermediate side marker lamps in any color except  white,
     5  red  or blue.  Intermediate side marker lamps shall not revolve, rotate,
     6  flash, oscillate, constantly move, or  be  designed  to  illuminate  the
     7  roadway around the motorcycle or otherwise be a distraction.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     9  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01637-01-9
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