Legislation Details

File #: Int 1600-2019    Version: * Name: Requiring the distribution of materials to inform drivers of the protocol to follow after a collision.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 6/13/2019
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the distribution of materials to inform drivers of the protocol to follow after a collision
Sponsors: Robert F. Holden, Justin L. Brannan, Kalman Yeger , James G. Van Bramer
Council Member Sponsors: 4
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Transportation and the NYPD to develop and distribute educational materials to inform drivers of the protocol to follow after a collision, including information about when the driver should move the vehicle to a safe location.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1600, 2. Int. No. 1600, 3. June 13, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-13-19, 5. Minutes of the Recessed Meeting of May 29, 2019 Held on June 13, 2019, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - June 13, 2019

Int. No. 1600

 

By Council Members Holden, Brannan, Yeger and Van Bramer

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the distribution of materials to inform drivers of the protocol to follow after a collision

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 10-181 to read as follows:

§10-181 Car Collision educational materials The department of transportation and the police department shall jointly develop and distribute educational materials to inform drivers of protocols to follow if they are involved in a motor vehicle collision. Such materials shall at a minimum include information about when a driver should move a vehicle involved in a collision to a safe location.

§ 2.    This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.

 

 

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