Bill Text: NY S06675 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Establishes the failure to pass act restricting driving in a passing lane without overtaking or passing a vehicle and sets penalties for violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06675 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06675-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         6675--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     August 28, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. GRIFFO, LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --  commit-
          tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
          mitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  restricting
          driving in a passing lane without overtaking or passing a vehicle

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "failure to
     2  pass act".
     3    § 2. Section 1122 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
     4  a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
     5    (c)  When  driving  on  an  interstate highway, no motor vehicle shall
     6  drive for more than one and one-half miles in a  passing  lane  if  such
     7  vehicle is not overtaking or passing a vehicle pursuant to this section.
     8  Notwithstanding  15 NYCRR Part 131 or any other law, rule, or regulation
     9  to the contrary, a violation of this subdivision shall not constitute  a
    10  lane  violation  in  accordance  with  the  regulatory  authority of the
    11  commissioner. A violation of this subdivision shall be punishable  by  a
    12  fine of fifty dollars for the first offense and by a fine of one hundred
    13  dollars for each subsequent offense.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13676-02-9
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