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History
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–2
- Ordered to third reading cal.1754
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to transportation
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.708
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- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to transportation
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Authorizes police officers to arrest a driver of a motor vehicle in certain circumstances without a warrant
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Brian Kavanagh
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1121
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing police officers to arrest a driver of a motor vehicle in certain circumstances
Purpose
This bill allows police officers to arrest a driver of a motor vehicle in certain circumstances without a warrant.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends subdivisions (a)(b) and (c) of Section 1146 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law by requiring that drivers exercise "due care" so as not to cause physical injury to highway workers.
Section 2 amends Section 1146 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding a new subdivision (f). A police officer may arrest, without a warrant, a driver whom the officer has reasonable cause to believe violated subdivisions (b) or (c) of Section 1146. Subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 1146 set penalties and fines for drivers who have caused physical injury or serious physical injury to a pedestrian or bicyclist because they failed to exercise due care in the operation of a motor vehicle.
Justification
The 2010 amendments to Section 1146, Article 26 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, commonly called Hayley and Diego's Law, established a traffic infraction for drivers who injure a pedestrian or bicyclist due to a failure to exercise due care in operating a motor vehicle. VTL 1146 has seen limited enforcement in part because police officers may only issue a VTL 1146 when such accidents occur in the police officer's presence. This addition allows police officers to issue a VTL 1146 violation even if the accident did not take place in the presence of the police officer if the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the violation was committed by such person.
Legislative history
2014: S3644-A/A2012-A - PASSED SENATE/referred to transportation 2013: S3644-A/2012-A - PASSED SENATE/referred to transportation 2012: A9219-A - referred to transportation
Fiscal impact on the state
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect the 90th after it shall have become law.
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