Bill Text: NY A04861 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the driving of motor vehicles or motorcycles in bicycle lanes and paths in a city with a population of one million or more; provides for a fine of $75; provides a conviction shall not be made part of the operating record of the person upon whom such liability is imposed and shall not be used for insurance purposes in the provision of motor vehicle insurance coverage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A04861 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A04861-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4861 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting the driving of motor vehicles or motorcycles in bicycle lanes or bicy- cle paths in a city with a population of one million or more 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 1132 to read as follows: 3 § 1132. Driving in bicycle lanes or bicycle paths prohibited. Except 4 for emergency or fire vehicles, no person shall operate a motor vehicle 5 or motorcycle in a bicycle lane or bicycle path in a city with a popu- 6 lation of one million or more. The foregoing limitation shall not 7 prevent motor vehicles from driving in bicycle lanes or bicycle paths 8 when directed by police officers or flagpersons. 9 § 2. Subdivision (b) of section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is 10 amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows: 11 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one of this subdivi- 12 sion, a person convicted of a traffic infraction for a violation of the 13 provisions of section eleven hundred thirty-two of this chapter shall 14 for conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than seventy- 15 five dollars and shall not be made part of the operating record of the 16 person upon whom such liability is imposed nor shall it be used for 17 insurance purposes in the provision of motor vehicle insurance coverage. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 19 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03097-01-7
