Requires local governments applying for a snowmobile trail development and maintenance grant to file an application in September, rather than an estimate of the expenditures; changes the allocation formula for the snowmobile trail maintenance and development fund; makes related provisions.
Maddy summaryThis bill updates New York's vehicle and traffic laws to officially recognize electronic transmission as a valid method for sending vehicle title documents, replacing the previous requirement for physical mail. It directly affects vehicle owners, lienholders, and the Department of Motor Vehicles by allowing digital delivery of certificates of title, lien notices, and duplicate titles. The legislation amends specific sections of the law to ensure that all official communications regarding vehicle ownership and security interests can be sent electronically whenever appropriate. By modernizing these procedures, the bill aims to streamline administrative processes while maintaining the same legal standing for documents sent via email or other digital means as those sent by post.
Requires stretch limousines to be equipped with roll-over protection devices such as cages or pillars and anti-intrusion bars for the purpose of protecting rear compartment passengers.
Increases penalties for endangerment of a highway worker; promotes work zone safety awareness; establishes a fund for additional work zone safety enforcement.
Provides for dealer sale rescission or cancelation for any vehicle not later than the thirtieth day following the date of sale; requires return by the dealer to the rightful parties all fees, taxes, and other monies provided to the dealer as part of the sale.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires public transportation facilities in New York to provide private rooms for nursing mothers during construction, expansion, or renovation projects. It applies to service areas, roadside rest areas, and large railroad or bus stations that handle over half a million passengers annually each year. The designated spaces must include at least a chair and an electrical outlet and must be located outside of public restrooms. Additionally, new or renovated stations must include a sink in these private areas to support breastfeeding needs.
Requires a school bus attendant or school bus monitor on all school buses transporting students in kindergarten through sixth grade to or from school or to or from any school related activity.
Provides for a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars for each offense committed, or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment for a class A misdemeanor where a stretch limousine has failed an inspection but an operator still operates such vehicle; provides for the seizure and redemption of unlawfully operated and unsafe commercial motor vehicles by an officer; requires such vehicle information to be entered into the New York statewide police information network as an impounded vehicle; makes related provisions.
Regulates the use of unmanned aircrafts in the state; defines terms; authorizes permitted uses of unmanned aircrafts; restricts use of unmanned aircrafts; makes related provisions.
Requires helicopter pilots to have completed a helicopter safety and risk management training course utilizing a flight simulator training device certified by either the federal aviation administration or the European aviation safety agency before operating a helicopter within the state.
