New York S 7956: Extends the period of imposition of an additional sales and compensating use tax in Fulton county

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S07956 Summary:

BILL NOS07956 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRCOONEY, MAYER, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §393-b, V & T L

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Prohibits any motor vehicle with a manufacturers' gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand one pounds or more which utilizes autonomous vehicle technology from being operated on public highways unless a natural person holding a valid license for the operation of the motor vehicle's class is present within such vehicle.

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BILL NOS07956 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7956

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, COONEY, MAYER -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
 portation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
 human safety operators for certain autonomous vehicles

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 393-b to read as follows:
 3 § 393-b. Human safety operator required for certain autonomous vehi-
 4 cles. No motor vehicle with a manufacturers' gross vehicle weight
 5 rating of ten thousand one pounds or more which utilizes autonomous
 6 vehicle technology shall be operated on public highways unless a natural
 7 person holding a valid license for the operation of the motor vehicle's
 8 class is present within such vehicle. As used in this section, "auton-
 9 omous vehicle technology" shall mean the hardware and software that are
 10 collectively capable of performing part or all of the dynamic driving
 11 task on a sustained basis, and the term "dynamic driving task" shall
 12 mean all of the real-time operational and tactical functions required to
 13 operate a vehicle in on-road traffic, excluding the strategic functions
 14 such as trip scheduling and selection of destinations and waypoints.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect upon the adoption by the state of a
 16 law permitting the operation of motor vehicles utilizing autonomous
 17 vehicle technology on public highways without requiring a natural person
 18 holding a valid license for the operation of the motor vehicle's class
 19 to be present within such vehicle; provided that the commissioner of
 20 motor vehicles shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission
 21 upon the occurrence of the enactment of such state law in order that the
 22 commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of
 23 the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
 24 effecting the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
 25 section 70-b of the public officers law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10451-01-5

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