New York S 7465: Replaces each instance of the word accident with the word crash in relation to vehicle and traffic law

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S07465 Summary:

BILL NOS07465 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07511

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd V & T L, generally; amd §3650-c, Ed L; amd §§396-z & 369-z, Gen Bus L; amd §§3420, 5102, 5106, 5202 &
7602, Art 52 Art Head, Ins L; amd §301-c, Mil L; amd §65.10, Pen L; amd §387, Pub Auth L; amd §66-a, Pub Off
L; amd §89-g, St Fin L; amd §217, Transp L

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Replaces each instance of the word accident with the word crash in relation to the vehicle and traffic law.

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BILL NOS07465 

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04/17/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7465

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the education law, the
 general business law, the insurance law, the military law, the penal
 law, the public authorities law, the public officers law, the state
 finance law, and the transportation law, in relation to replacing the
 word accident with the word crash

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

 1 Section 1. Section 105-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 2 chapter 303 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 105-a. Car carrier. A truck that is designed to carry one to three
 4 motor vehicles on a flat platform that slides or tilts to the ground to
 5 facilitate loading and unloading of such motor vehicles and to tow an
 6 additional motor vehicle behind it by the use of a wheel lift. For the
 7 purposes of this chapter, whenever such car carrier tows or carries a
 8 disabled, illegally parked or abandoned motor vehicle or a motor vehicle
 9 involved in [an accident] a crash, such car carrier shall be deemed to
 10 be a tow truck and shall comply with all provisions of this chapter, and
 11 any other law, ordinance, order, rule and regulation, applicable to tow
 12 trucks.
 13 § 2. Section 107-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
 14 552 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
 15 § 107-b. Commercial towing. The moving or removing of disabled, ille-
 16 gally parked, or abandoned motor vehicles or motor vehicles involved in
 17 [accidents] crashes, by another motor vehicle, for which there is direct
 18 or indirect compensation. Commercial towing shall also include towing by
 19 a person, firm, corporation, or other entity pursuant to a contract or
 20 other agreement with a political subdivision.
 21 § 3. Section 114-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 22 ter 496 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08291-01-5

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 1 § 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an author-
 2 ized emergency vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in transporting a
 3 sick or injured person, transporting prisoners, delivering blood or
 4 blood products in a situation involving an imminent health risk, trans-
 5 porting human organs and/or medical personnel for the purpose of organ
 6 recovery or transplantation in a situation involving an imminent health
 7 risk where undue delay would jeopardize such recovery or transplanta-
 8 tion, pursuing an actual or suspected violator of the law, or responding
 9 to, or working or assisting at the scene of [an accident] a crash,
 10 disaster, police call, alarm of fire, actual or potential release of
 11 hazardous materials or other emergency. Emergency operation shall not
 12 include returning from such service.
 13 § 4. Section 148-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
 14 552 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
 15 § 148-b. Tow truck. A motor vehicle that tows or carries a disabled,
 16 illegally parked or abandoned motor vehicle