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New York State
2002 Chapter 83
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LAWS OF NEW
YOURK, 2001
CHAPTER 83
AN ACT to amend
the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
...certain
vehicles to have equipment to alert the driver of persons or
...objects located behind the vehicle
......Became a law June 29, 2001, with the
approval of the Govenor.
.........Passed by a majority vote, three-fifths
being present.
...THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YOURK,
REPRESENTED
IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
...Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 375
of the vehicle and traffic
law is amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
E. EVERY SINGLE-UNIT MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE, OPERATED
FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AND HAVING A CUBE STYLE OR ENCLOSED WALK-IN
DELIVERY BAY, WHERE SUCH DELIVERY BAY HAS A LENGTH OF EIGHT FEET SIX INCHES
OR MORE, BUT NOT EXCEEDING A LENGTH OF EIGHTEEN FEET, SHALL BE EQUIPPED
WITH A CROSS-VIEW BACK-UP MIRROR SYSTEM, REAR VIDEO SYSTEM, REAR OBJECT
DETECTION SYSTEM, OR OTHER DEVICE, WHICH ENABLES THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE
TO DETECT BY MEANS OF A VISUAL, OR VIALUAL AND AUDIBLE WANING-INDICATOR,
PERSONS AND OBJECTS LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE VEHICLE. THE COMMISSIONER
IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS PROVIDING SPECIFICATIONS
FOR MIRRORS OR OTHER DEVICES AS REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH.
...S 2. This act shall be deemed repealed
if any federal agency or any court of competent jurisdiction determines
that this act would render New York state ineligible for the receipt of
federal funds.
...S 3. This act shall take effect one year
after the date it shall have become a law.
The Legislature of the STATE OF NEW YORK SS:
...Pursuant to the authority vested in us
by section 70-b of the Public
Officers Law, we hereby jointly certify that this slip copy of this
session law was printed under our direction and , in accordance with such
section, is entitled to be read into evidence.
...JOSEPH L. BRUNO SHELDON SILVER
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY
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