Assembly Bill A1529

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the open driveway act

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Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken

  • 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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2021-A1529 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §237, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8054
2011-2012: A2662
2013-2014: A3433
2015-2016: A5023
2017-2018: A2458
2019-2020: A1425

2021-A1529 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the open driveway act; prohibits the blocking of an alleyway or driveway by one party without the consent of the other, or by another person where the title of real property provides for a common access way; defines the term "blocking".

2021-A1529 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1529
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY,
   COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enacting the
   Open Driveway Act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known and may be cited as the "Open
 Driveway Act".
   § 2. Section 237 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. (A) TO PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS WHERE  TITLE  OF  REAL
 PROPERTY  PROVIDES FOR A COMMON ACCESS WAY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 A DRIVEWAY OR ALLEY, BLOCKING OF THE ALLEYWAY OR DRIVEWAY BY  ONE  PARTY
 WITHOUT  THE  CONSENT  OF  THE  OTHER,  OR BY ANOTHER PERSON WITHOUT THE
 CONSENT OF BOTH PARTIES, AND IN THE CASE OF  AN  ALLEYWAY,  THE  ACT  OF
 BLOCKING  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO LOCAL PARKING REGULATIONS AS APPLIES TO A
 PUBLIC STREET OR ROADWAY ON THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT BY ONE OR  ANY  OF
 THE PARTIES WHO HOLDS A TITLE OF OWNERSHIP.
   (B)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "BLOCKING" SHALL MEAN THE PARK-
 ING, LEAVING OR STANDING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OR OTHER OBJECT OR  OBSTACLE
 IN  THE DRIVEWAY OR ALLEYWAY IN SUCH A MANNER THAT A CLEAR PASSAGEWAY IS
 NOT AVAILABLE FOR ACCESS AND EGRESS OF ANY OTHER  AUTOMOBILE  AUTHORIZED
 TO  USE SUCH DRIVEWAY OR ALLEYWAY, OR GARAGES OR PARKING SPACES ACCESSED
 THROUGH SUCH DRIVEWAY OR ALLEYWAY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04997-01-1

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