New York A 1233: Relates to drivers of buses, taxis and livery vehicles using hands-free mobile telephones

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A01233 Summary:

BILL NOA01233 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09751

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRSantabarbara, Taylor, McDonough, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1225-c, V & T L

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Prohibits drivers of a bus, taxi or livery from using hands-free mobile telephones; provides for certain exceptions.

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BILL NOA01233 

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01/09/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1233

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SANTABARBARA, TAYLOR, McDONOUGH, DeSTEFA-
 NO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to drivers of
 buses, taxis and livery vehicles using hands-free mobile telephones

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
 3 (e) No driver of a bus, livery or taxi shall use a hands-free mobile
 4 telephone while operating a moving bus or motor vehicle except in the
 5 case of an emergency pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of
 6 this section or if such hands-free mobile telephone is used for dispatch
 7 or if the bus or motor vehicle is parked, for purposes other than drop-
 8 ping off or picking up passengers, at the side of, or off, a public
 9 highway in a location where such vehicle is not otherwise prohibited
 10 from stopping by law, rule, regulation or any lawful order or direction
 11 of a police officer.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
 13 as added by chapter 69 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
 14 follows:
 15 3. Subdivision two of this section shall not apply to (a) the use of a
 16 mobile telephone for the sole purpose of communicating with any of the
 17 following regarding an emergency situation: an emergency response opera-
 18 tor; a hospital, physician's office or health clinic; an ambulance
 19 company or corps; a fire department, district or company; or a police
 20 department, (b) any of the following persons while in the performance of
 21 their official duties: a police officer or peace officer; a member of a
 22 fire department, district or company; or the operator of an authorized
 23 emergency vehicle as defined in section one hundred one of this chapter,
 24 or (c) the use of a hands-free mobile telephone, except in the case of a
 25 driver operating a bus, taxi or livery.
 26 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 27 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02750-01-5

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