What's happening
The bill expands exemptions for transporting vehicles by tow truck to include illegally parked or abandoned vehicles.
Why it matters
Broadens legal protections for tow companies. by allowing exemptions to apply not just to wrecked or disabled vehicles, but also to those that are illegally parked or abandoned, reducing potential liability for towing these types of vehicles.
Facilitates quicker removal of problematic vehicles. from streets and public areas, which can help improve traffic flow, pedestrian safety, and neighborhood quality of life by discouraging illegal parking and abandonment.
Clarifies and standardizes the definition of a tow truck. by referencing the specific section in the vehicle and traffic law, ensuring consistency in enforcement and compliance for both tow operators and law enforcement.
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Expand Tow Truck Exemptions
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2378
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to exemptions to laws regulating the transportation of property by motor vehicle
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 171 of the transportation law, as added by chapter 635 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
10. The transportation of wrecked [or], disabled, illegally parked or abandoned vehicles by [the tow-away method] a tow truck, as defined in section one hundred forty-eight-b of the vehicle and traffic law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00732-01-9
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