Bill Text: NY A05244 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires certain buses and trucks to be equipped with commercial GPS devices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A05244 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A05244-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5244 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 7, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring certain buses and trucks be equipped with commercial GPS devices The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 55 to read as follows: 3 55. Every bus, omnibus and commercial truck operating upon the public 4 highways of the state, shall be equipped with a commercial GPS device. 5 Such GPS device must: (a) allow the capability of entering into the 6 device the dimensions of the vehicle, including length, width, height 7 and weight; and (b) provide route directions that account for commercial 8 truck restrictions such as bridge heights and clearances, load limits, 9 one-way road designations, and left-hand and dangerous turn 10 restrictions. The GPS device shall be kept in good operating condition 11 at all times and must be mounted in a place readily accessible for use. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 14 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 15 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 16 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09855-01-3
