Bill Text: NY S03022 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits disruption of a funeral procession by making it illegal for a driver of a motor vehicle to force his/her way into the line of said procession.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-29 - referred to transportation [S03022 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03022-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3022
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 7, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  HUNTLEY,  DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, PERKINS -- read
         twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
         Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the safety
         of funeral processions
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
    2  section 1223-b to read as follows:
    3    S 1223-B. FUNERAL PROCESSIONS. 1.   A DRIVER OF A  VEHICLE  SHALL  NOT
    4  ENTER A LANE ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY IN THE SPACE BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES TRAV-
    5  ELING SINGLE FILE IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION IN A MANNER WHICH UNREASONABLY
    6  INTERFERES  WITH  THE  ORDERLY  PROGRESSION  OF SUCH FUNERAL PROCESSION;
    7  PROVIDED THAT THE DRIVERS OF SUCH VEHICLES IN  SUCH  FUNERAL  PROCESSION
    8  SHALL  HAVE INDICATED THEIR STATUS AS MEMBERS OF A FUNERAL PROCESSION BY
    9  TURNING ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS AND THEIR FLASHING HAZARD LIGHTS.
   10    2. A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  A  TRAFFIC
   11  INFRACTION  AND  SHALL  BE  PUNISHABLE  BY  A  FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE
   12  HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
   13    3. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION  SHALL  NOT  ACT,
   14  AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO ACT, AS DEFINING OR LIMITING THE STATUS OF
   15  MEMBERS  OF  A  FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR ANY PURPOSE OR LAW OTHER THAN FOR
   16  THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION.
   17    4. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO IMPOSE ANY  LIABIL-
   18  ITY  FOR  PERSONAL  INJURY OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A VIOLATION OF THIS
   19  SECTION UPON A FUNERAL FIRM OR ANY PERSON LICENSED OR REGISTERED  PURSU-
   20  ANT TO THE ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, OR ANY EMPLOYEE
   21  OR  AGENT  THEREOF,  WHEN SUCH FIRM, PERSON, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT IS ACTING
   22  WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS, HER OR ITS DUTIES.
   23    5. NO PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT THE LIABILITY
   24  OF ANY FUNERAL FIRM OR ANY PERSON LICENSED  OR  REGISTERED  PURSUANT  TO
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04972-01-1
       S. 3022                             2
    1  ARTICLE  THIRTY-FOUR  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, OR ANY EMPLOYEE OR AGENT
    2  THEREOF, PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR AT EQUITY.
    3    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    4  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.