Bill Text: NY S00940 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle on a public road, street or highway which is equipped with a display device within the view of the operator; defines the term "display device" as equipment designed and used for the purpose of receiving and displaying a broadcast image.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-18 - referred to transportation [S00940 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S00940-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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940
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. MARCELLINO, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
tion
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the opera-
tion of motor vehicles with a display device
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 24 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 39 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 24. (A) It shall be unlawful to operate upon any public highway in
5 this state a motor vehicle which is equipped with a [television receiv-
6 ing set] DISPLAY DEVICE within view of the operator or in which a [tele-
7 vision receiving set] DISPLAY DEVICE is in operation within the view of
8 the operator. A motor vehicle shall not be deemed to be equipped with a
9 [television receiving set] DISPLAY DEVICE (I) solely because such [set]
10 DISPLAY DEVICE utilizes power from such vehicle OR (II) IF SUCH DISPLAY
11 DEVICE IS EQUIPPED WITH A FUNCTIONING DEVICE THAT DISABLES SUCH EQUIP-
12 MENT WHENEVER SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. The provisions of this
13 subdivision shall not prohibit a vehicle with a weight of ten thousand
14 pounds or more or a school bus from using closed-circuit television
15 receiving equipment exclusively for safety and maneuvering purposes, in
16 accordance with regulations to be established by the commissioner.
17 (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "DISPLAY DEVICE"
18 SHALL MEAN EQUIPMENT DESIGNED AND USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING AND
19 DISPLAYING BROADCAST TELEVISION IMAGES, VISUAL IMAGES FROM A DIGITAL
20 VIDEO DISC RECORDER OR PLAYER OR VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER OR PLAYER, OR
21 VISUAL IMAGES WHILE TRANSMITTED BY WIRELESS DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY. SUCH
22 TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE:
23 (I) VEHICLE INFORMATION OR INSTRUMENTATION DISPLAYS;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (II) A GLOBAL POSITIONING, NAVIGATIONAL OR MAPPING DISPLAY;
2 (III) A VISUAL DISPLAY PRODUCED BY TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS NOT A CLOSED
3 CIRCUIT VIDEO CAMERA AND MONITOR, THAT ENHANCES OR SUPPLEMENTS THE DRIV-
4 ER'S VIEW OF THE EXTERIOR TO THE FRONT OR SIDES OF A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR
5 THE PURPOSE OF MANEUVERING THE VEHICLE AND AVOIDING CONTACT WITH
6 PERSONS, ANIMALS OR OBJECTS; AND
7 (IV) A CLOSED CIRCUIT VIDEO CAMERA AND MONITOR OR OTHER VISUAL DISPLAY
8 THAT ENHANCES OR SUPPLEMENTS THE DRIVER'S VIEW OF THE EXTERIOR TO THE
9 REAR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANEUVERING THE VEHICLE AND
10 AVOIDING CONTACT WITH PERSONS, ANIMALS OR OBJECTS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
11 MONITOR OR VISUAL DISPLAY IS DEACTIVATED WHEN SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE IS
12 SHIFTED OUT OF PARK OR REVERSE GEAR.
13 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
14 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
15 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
16 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is
17 authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
18 effective date.
