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- Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
- Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
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Title of bill
An act to amend the navigation law and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to including passengers of vessels and motor vehicles as persons required to report an accident
Purpose
To require boat or vehicle passengers to report accidents to the authorities.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 -- Amends Navigation Law sections 47(1)(a), 47(2)(a) and 47(2)(b). Requires that passengers in vessels involved in an accident must report the accident to authorities.
Section 2 -- Amends section 600 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. Requires that a passenger in a motor vehicle involved in an accident must report the accident to authorities.
Section 3 -- Effective date.
Justification
Over the summer of 2007, three individuals were killed in two tragic accidents on Central New York Lakes. In both incidents, neither the operators of the vessels nor the passengers in the vessels reported the accidents to law enforcement. While the operators of both vessels were prosecuted, none of the passengers could be held responsible for leaving the scene of the accident without reporting to authorities.
This legislation aims to change that by imposing a duty to report an accident on passengers in vessels or motor vehicles involved in an accident.
Legislative history
S.8324 of 2008
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
November 1 next succeeding the date on which this shall have become a law.
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