Assembly Bill A5875

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Removes the requirement that military, police or fire vehicles must be used in an emergency operation by holders with a lower class of license

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A5875 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §501, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4504
2013-2014: A3042

2009-A5875 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to exceptions related to drivers' licenses and learners' permits and removes the requirement that military, police or fire vehicles must be used in an emergency operation by holders with a lower class of license.

2009-A5875 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5875

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 20, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. REILICH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  exceptions
  related  to  drivers'  licenses and learners' permits and removing the
  requirement that military, police or fire vehicles are being  used  in
  an emergency operation by holders with a lower class of license

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  2  of
section  501  of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 6 of
part E of chapter 60 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  (i) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of  this  subdivision,  a
motor  vehicle or combination of vehicles, other than a motorcycle, that
is a military vehicle operated by a member of the  armed  forces,  or  a
police  or  fire  vehicle  [during its use in an emergency operation, as
defined in section one hundred fourteen-b of this chapter,] or a vehicle
owned and identified as being owned by the state, a  political  subdivi-
sion  thereof,  an  ambulance  service  as defined in subdivision two of
section three thousand one of the public health law or a voluntary ambu-
lance service as defined in subdivision three of such section  and  used
to  provide  emergency medical service as defined in section three thou-
sand one of the public health law may be operated with any class license
other than a class DJ, M or MJ license. For the purposes of  this  para-
graph  the  term  "member of the armed forces" shall include active duty
military personnel; members of the reserve components of the armed forc-
es; members of the national guard on active duty, including personnel on
full time active guard  duty,  personnel  on  part-time  national  guard
training,  and  national  guard  military technicians (civilians who are
required to wear military uniforms); and active duty United States coast
guard personnel. The term shall not include United States reserve  tech-
nicians.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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