New York A 750: Relates to the care and collection of animals on vacant property

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A00750 Summary:

BILL NOA00750 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMagnarelli

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COSPNSRWoerner, Steck, Jacobson, Eachus

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§1221-a, 1221-b & 118-a, amd §161, V & T L; amd §22, Transp L; add §99-ss, St Fin L

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Increases penalties for endangerment of a highway worker; promotes work zone safety awareness; establishes a fund for additional work zone safety enforcement.

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BILL NOA00750 

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 750

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, WOERNER, STECK, JACOBSON -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the transportation law,
 in relation to work zone safety; and to amend the state finance law,
 in relation to establishing the work zone safety fund

 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 1221-a to read as follows:
 3 § 1221-a. Endangerment of a highway worker. 1. A person commits endan-
 4 germent of a highway worker if the person is operating a motor vehicle
 5 within a work area as defined in section one hundred sixty-one of this
 6 chapter at any time one or more highway workers are in the work area and
 7 does any of the following:
 8 (a) drives through or around a work area in any lane not clearly
 9 designated for use by motor vehicles traveling through or around a work
 10 area; or
 11 (b) fails to obey traffic control devices controlling the flow of
 12 motor vehicles through the work area for any reason other than:
 13 (i) an emergency;
 14 (ii) the avoidance of an obstacle; or
 15 (iii) the protection of the health and safety of another person.
 16 2. (a) A person who violates this section where the highway worker
 17 suffers no physical injury shall be fined not more than one thousand
 18 dollars and not less than five hundred dollars.
 19 (b) A person who violates this section where the highway worker
 20 suffers physical injury and the violation was the sole proximate cause
 21 of the injury shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and not
 22 less than one thousand dollars.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00850-01-5

 A. 750 2

 1 (c) A person who violates this section where the highway worker
 2 suffers serious physical injury, as defined in section 10.00 of the
 3 penal law and the violation was the sole proximate cause of the injury
 4 shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and not less than two
 5 thousand dollars.
 6 3. Any fine imposed pursuant to this section is mandatory and may not
 7 be waived or reduced below the minimum as provided in subdivision two of
 8 this section. Sixty percent of fines collected pursuant to this section
 9 shall be paid to the work zone safety fund established by section nine-
 10 ty-nine-ss of the state finance law.
 11 4. No person shall be cited for endangerment of a highway worker for
 12 any act or omission otherwise constituting a violation under this
 13 section if the act or omission results, in whole or in part, from
 14 mechanical failure of the person's motor vehicle or from the negligence
 15 of a highway worker or another person.
 16 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 17 1221-b to read as follows:
 18 § 1221-b. Work zone safety and outreach. The governor's traffic safety
 19 committee, upon consultation with the commissioner of transportation,
 20 the superintendent of state police, the commissioner, the chair of the
 21 New York state thruway authority, local law enforcement agencies, and
 22 representatives for contractors, laborers, and public employees, shall
 23 design and implement a public education and outreach program to increase
 24 motorist awareness of the