New York S 6552: Relates to the use of green lights on snow plows

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S06552 Summary:

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Requires green lights on municipal snowplows to face in the rear direction; restricts the use of green lights or a combination of green and amber lights on privately-owned vehicles utilized for ice and snow removal; prohibits the use of a device displaying combination green and white flashing lights on privately-owned vehicles utilized for ice and snow removal.

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03/17/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6552

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 the use of
 flashing green lights on snow plows

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph c of paragraph 5 of subdivision 41 of section
 2 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 71 of the laws
 3 of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (c)(i) In addition to the amber light authorized to be displayed
 5 pursuant to paragraph three of this subdivision, one or more rear-facing
 6 green lights or combination green and amber lights may be affixed to a
 7 hazard vehicle designed for ice and snow removal owned and operated by
 8 the state or by a county, city, town or village. Such green light or
 9 lights may be displayed on a hazard vehicle designed for ice and snow
 10 removal owned and operated by the state or by a county, city, town or
 11 village when such vehicle is engaged in a hazardous operation and is
 12 also displaying the amber light or lights required to be displayed
 13 during a hazardous operation pursuant to paragraph three of this subdi-
 14 vision. Green lights or combination green and amber lights authorized
 15 by this subparagraph shall be displayed and directed only in a rear-fac-
 16 ing manner. Nothing contained in this subparagraph shall be deemed to
 17 authorize the use of green lights on hazard vehicles designed for ice
 18 and snow removal owned and operated by the state or by a county, city,
 19 town or village unless such hazard vehicles also display one or more
 20 amber lights as otherwise authorized in this subdivision.
 21 (ii) (A) Nothing contained in this subparagraph shall be deemed to
 22 authorize the use of:
 23 (1) green lights or a combination of green and amber lights on
 24 privately-owned vehicles utilized for ice and snow removal unless such
 25 vehicles are owned and operated by a party to a written contract with

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10919-01-5

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 1 the state or with a county, city, town or village providing for ice and
 2 snow removal on the roads of the municipality, and such vehicle is to be
 3 used for that purpose within the municipality to which the contract
 4 pertains at the time the lights are on; or
 5 (2) a device displaying combination green and white flashing lights on
 6 privately-owned vehicles utilized for ice and snow removal.
 7 (B) Any such privately-owned vehicle under contract as described in
 8 this clause shall be subject to the restrictions of clause (i) of this
 9 subparagraph with respect to the display, usage and period of operation
 10 of such lights. Any person violating the provisions of this clause
 11 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
 12 (iii) The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regu-
 13 lations relating to the use, placement, power and display of green
 14 lights on a hazard vehicle designed for ice and snow removal owned and
 15 operated by the state or by a county, city, town or village.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, a