New York A 1812: Relates to traffic ticket liability for midwives

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A01812 Summary:

BILL NOA01812 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04919

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRBichotte Hermelyn, Barrett, Rozic, Simon, Eichenstein, Reyes, McMahon, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §240, V & T L

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Relates to traffic ticket liability for midwives responding to emergency medical situations.

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BILL NOA01812 

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01/14/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1812

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BARRETT, ROZIC,
 SIMON, EICHENSTEIN, REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to limiting the
 liability of midwives for monetary penalties for certain traffic
 violations committed while responding to a patient

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 240 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 1-c to read as follows:
 3 1-c. At every hearing for the adjudication of a notice of liability,
 4 as provided by this article, there shall be a rebuttable presumption
 5 that an owner of a motor vehicle who is a licensed midwife, alleged to
 6 be liable in accordance with any provisions of law specifically author-
 7 izing the imposition of monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for
 8 failure of an operator thereof: to comply with traffic-control indi-
 9 cations in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven
 10 of this chapter through the installation and operation of traffic-con-
 11 trol signal photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with arti-
 12 cle twenty-four of this chapter; or to comply with certain posted maxi-
 13 mum speed limits in violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g)
 14 of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter through the installa-
 15 tion and operation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in
 16 accordance with article thirty of this chapter; or to comply with bus
 17 lane restrictions as defined by article twenty-four of this chapter
 18 through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in
 19 accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter, is not liable for
 20 such alleged violation if such owner provides the hearing officer with a
 21 signed and affirmed affidavit attesting that such owner is a midwife,
 22 and was responding to an emergency medical situation at the time that

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04228-01-5

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 1 the alleged violation occurred, or such other proof as such hearing
 2 officer deems appropriate.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 4 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 5 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 6 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 7 completed on or before such effective date.

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