Bill Text: NY S06246 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the idling of motor vehicles left unattended; provides exemptions; emergency of law enforcement purposes; maintenance, diagnostics, inspection; powering auxiliary equipment; recharging electric and hybrid vehicles; snow removal; weather conditions of less than twenty degrees Fahrenheit for more than twenty-four consecutive hours; within mines or quarries; farm vehicles; or remote starters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06246 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S06246-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6246
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   October 26, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
         the idling of motor vehicles left unattended
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1210 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  subdivision
    2  (a)  as  amended  by chapter 350 of the laws of 1967, subdivision (b) as
    3  amended by chapter 300 of the laws of 1960 and subdivision (c) as  added
    4  by chapter 572 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
    5    S 1210. [Unattended] IDLING motor vehicle LEFT UNATTENDED; PROHIBITED.
    6  (a) No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to
    7  stand unattended without [first]:
    8    1. stopping the engine[,];
    9    2.  locking  the  ignition[,]  AND removing the key from the vehicle[,
   10  and];
   11    3. PLACING THE TRANSMISSION  IN  "PARK"  OR  THE  GEARS  IN  "LOW"  OR
   12  "REVERSE" IF THE VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL SHIFT; AND
   13    4.  effectively setting the brake thereon [and, when standing upon any
   14  grade, turning].
   15    (B) A PERSON SHALL TURN the front wheels to the curb or  side  of  the
   16  highway[, provided, however, the provision for removing the key from the
   17  vehicle  shall  not  require the removal of keys hidden from sight about
   18  the vehicle for convenience or emergency] WHEN STANDING A VEHICLE ON ANY
   19  PERCEPTIBLE GRADE.
   20    [(b)] (C) THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDI-
   21  VISIONS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SECTION:
   22    1. EMERGENCY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES;
   23    2. MAINTENANCE, DIAGNOSTICS, INSPECTION;
   24    3. POWERING AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT;
   25    4. RECHARGING ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11955-01-9
       S. 6246                             2
    1    5. SNOW REMOVAL;
    2    6.  WEATHER CONDITIONS OF LESS THAN TWENTY DEGREES FAHRENHEIT FOR MORE
    3  THAN TWENTY-FOUR CONSECUTIVE HOURS;
    4    7. WITHIN MINES OR QUARRIES;
    5    8. FARM VEHICLES; OR
    6    9. REMOTE STARTERS.
    7    (D) A driver may, for the purpose of getting away from  the  place  of
    8  standing,  move  another  vehicle  which  is so placed he cannot get his
    9  vehicle out; provided, however, that  immediately  thereafter  he  shall
   10  reset the brake and, if on a grade, turn the front wheels to the curb or
   11  side  of  the  highway.  This privilege is subject to the limitation set
   12  forth in subdivision [(e)] (C) of section twelve  hundred  two  OF  THIS
   13  TITLE.
   14    [(c)]  (E) Towing agencies, which remove vehicles unlawfully parked on
   15  private property at request of the owner of the premises and without the
   16  written consent of the owner of the vehicle,  shall  immediately  notify
   17  the  local  police station house having jurisdiction over the area where
   18  such vehicle was unlawfully parked, of the description of the car  which
   19  was removed, and the time of removal.
   20    (F) PERSONS FOUND VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS (A) AND (B)
   21  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT TO A FINE OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE
   22  FIRST OFFENSE AND FOR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES THE FINE SHALL NOT EXCEED  TWO
   23  HUNDRED  FIFTY  DOLLARS AND/OR SHALL NOT EXCEED NINETY DAYS OF IMPRISON-
   24  MENT.
   25    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   26  have become a law.