Int 1082-2016
Removal of snow and ice from motor vehicles.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportationintroduced 2016-02-24
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2016-02-24Passed: 2017-12-31
Summary
This bill would require drivers after snowstorms to remove snow and ice from the tops of vehicles before driving them.
Committee on Transportation — Mass Transportation Agencies and facilities, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority.
How it compares
18% of similar bills passed
9 passed · 41 died
This bill: 675 days in committee
Similar bills: median 785 days · 216 days when passed
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Sponsors (3)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2016-02-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2016-02-24 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2016-02-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (2)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-163.3 to read as follows:
�19-163.3 Prohibition on operating motor vehicles with snow and ice accumulation. Prior to the operation of any motor vehicle on any street, road or highway in the city, all snow and ice accumulation shall be removed from the top of the vehicle, including the roof and hood of such vehicle. Failure to comply with this section shall be a traffic infraction punishable in accordance with section eighteen hundred of the vehicle and traffic law. This section shall not require the driver of a motor vehicle to cease operation while snow or ice is accumulating.
� 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
LS 1642
MWC
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Int. 710-2011
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