Bill Text: NY S00426 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Includes vehicles operated by sanitation workers in the definition of "hazard vehicle".

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-31 - SIGNED CHAP.293 [S00426 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00426-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         426--B
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. MARCELLINO, AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Transporta-
          tion  --  recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance
          with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to including
          sani-vans and waste collection vehicles in the definition  of  "hazard
          vehicle"  and  to  including  hazard  vehicles  within  certain  speed
          restrictions
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 117-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
     2  chapter 154 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 117-a. Hazard  vehicle.   Every vehicle owned and operated or leased
     4  by a utility, whether public or private, used in the construction, main-
     5  tenance and repair of its facilities, every vehicle  specially  equipped
     6  or  designed for the towing or pushing of disabled vehicles, every vehi-
     7  cle engaged in highway maintenance, or in ice  and  snow  removal  where
     8  such  operation  involves  the  use  of a public highway [and], vehicles
     9  driven by rural letter carriers while in the performance of their  offi-
    10  cial  duties,  and  every  sani-van  and  waste collection vehicle while
    11  engaged in the collection of refuse and/or  recyclable  materials  on  a
    12  public highway.
    13    § 2. Section 141-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
    14  758 of the laws of 1987, is renumbered section 141-b and amended to read
    15  as follows:
    16     § 141-b. Sani-vans.  Any  motor  vehicle which is so designed that it
    17  contains a  rear  compaction  unit  and  is  intended  for  use  in  the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  collection of refuse. For the purpose of section one hundred seventeen-a
     2  of  this chapter, the term "sani-van" shall mean any motor vehicle which
     3  is so designed that it contains a rear compaction unit and  is  intended
     4  for and is used in the collection of refuse and/or recyclable materials.
     5    §  3.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
     6  159-a to read as follows:
     7    § 159-a. Waste collection vehicle. Any motor vehicle which is commonly
     8  classified as a garbage truck that is designed for and is  used  in  the
     9  collection of refuse and/or recyclable materials.
    10    §  4.  Subdivision (e) of section 1180 of the vehicle and traffic law,
    11  as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2010, is  amended  to  read  as
    12  follows:
    13    (e)  The  driver  of every vehicle shall, consistent with the require-
    14  ments of subdivision (a)  of  this  section,  drive  at  an  appropriate
    15  reduced  speed  when approaching and crossing an intersection or railway
    16  grade  crossing,  when  approaching  and  going  around  a  curve,  when
    17  approaching  a  hill crest, when approaching and passing by an emergency
    18  situation involving any authorized emergency vehicle  which  is  parked,
    19  stopped or standing on a highway and which is displaying one or more red
    20  or combination red, white, and/or blue lights pursuant to the provisions
    21  of  paragraph  two  and  subparagraph b of paragraph four of subdivision
    22  forty-one of section three hundred seventy-five of  this  chapter,  when
    23  traveling  upon  any  narrow  or  winding  roadway, and when any special
    24  hazard exists with respect to pedestrians, or other traffic by reason of
    25  weather or highway conditions, including, but not limited to  a  highway
    26  construction  or  maintenance  work  area,  or when approaching a hazard
    27  vehicle which is parked, stopped or standing on the shoulder or  on  any
    28  portion  of  such  highway  and such hazard vehicle is displaying one or
    29  more amber lights pursuant to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  three  of
    30  subdivision  forty-one  of  section  three  hundred seventy-five of this
    31  chapter.
    32    § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    33  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.