Bill Text: NY S05989 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits municipalities from transferring primary investigating authority of vehicle collisions that result in serious injury or death from the police to a non-law enforcement agency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05989 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05989-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5989

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 25, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
          municipalities  from  transferring  primary investigating authority of
          vehicle collisions that result in serious injury or death to a non-law
          enforcement agency

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

     1    Section  1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 603-a of
     2  the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 489 of  the  laws  of
     3  2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    In  addition  to the requirements of section six hundred three of this
     5  article, whenever a motor vehicle accident results in  serious  physical
     6  injury  or death to a person, [and such accident either is discovered by
     7  a police officer, or reported to a police officer within five days after
     8  such accident occurred,] the police shall conduct  an  investigation  of
     9  such  accident.  No municipality shall transfer such primary investigat-
    10  ing authority to a non-law enforcement agency.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09598-01-1