New York S 8634: Prohibits the idling of any passenger vehicle for more than 3 consecutive minutes

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S08634 Summary:

BILL NOS08634 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09565

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1111-c-1, V & T L

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Excludes violations occurring within one hundred feet from a place of worship, funeral home, or similar institution from bus operation-related traffic regulations as part of participation in a ceremony or religious service.

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BILL NOS08634 

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01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8634

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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, in relation to excluding
 violations occurring within a certain distance from a place of
 worship, funeral home, or similar institution from bus operation-re-
 lated traffic regulations

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (d) of section 1111-c-1 of the
 2 vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 1 of part MM of chapter 56
 3 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 3. "bus operation-related traffic regulations" shall mean the follow-
 5 ing provisions set forth in chapter four of title thirty-four of the
 6 rules of the city of New York, adopted pursuant to section sixteen
 7 hundred forty-two of this chapter: 4-08(c)(3), violation of posted no
 8 standing rules prohibited-bus stop; 4-08(e)(9), general no stopping
 9 zones-bicycle lanes; 4-08(f)(1), general no standing zones-double park-
 10 ing; and 4-08(f)(4), general no standing zones-bus lane. Provided,
 11 however, it shall not be considered a violation of any of the aforemen-
 12 tioned regulations when such violation occurred within one hundred feet
 13 of a place of worship, funeral home, or similar institution as part of
 14 participation in a ceremony or religious service.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 16 the amendments to section 1111-c-1 of the vehicle and traffic law, made
 17 by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section
 18 and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13340-01-5

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