Int 1355-2019

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision b of section 20-518 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 6 to read as follows: 6. A police officer arriving at the scene of a vehicular accident shall inform a person in charge of a disabled vehicle of towing procedures under the directed accident response program, which shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (a) The police department's procedures under the directed accident response program; (b) The rights and responsibilities of any person in charge of a disabled vehicle relating to such person's disabled vehicle; (c) How to determine whether a tow truck is licensed pursuant to section 20-498 of this subchapter; (d) How to determine whether a tow truck is the tow truck directed by police officers to tow the disabled vehicle pursuant to the directed accident response program; and (e) How to report a tow truck that attempts to tow a disabled vehicle and is either unlicensed or is not the tow truck directed by police officers to tow the disabled vehicle. � 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law. JEF LS #8506 12/5/2018 1 1