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A08582 Summary:

BILL NOA08582B
 
SAME ASSAME AS S09798-A
 
SPONSORSantabarbara
 
COSPNSRConrad, Davila, Levenberg, Lemondes, Tague, Sillitti, Steck, Buttenschon, Jones, Burdick, Walsh, Hunter, Woerner, Lunsford
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §390-f, Gen Bus L
 
Requires navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the legal clearance of bridges or elevated structures along proposed routes.
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A08582 Actions:

BILL NOA08582B
 
01/12/2024referred to consumer affairs and protection
05/17/2024amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection
05/17/2024print number 8582a
05/22/2024reported referred to rules
06/03/2024amend and recommit to rules 8582b
06/04/2024reported
06/04/2024rules report cal.399
06/04/2024ordered to third reading rules cal.399
06/07/2024passed assembly
06/07/2024delivered to senate
06/07/2024REFERRED TO RULES
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A08582 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8582B
 
SPONSOR: Santabarbara
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring navi- gation systems utilizing GPS technology to identify the height of any bridge or overpass along a proposed route   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation mandates that navigation systems and electronic maps furnish users with the legal clearance height information of bridges and overpasses along proposed routes. The primary objective is to mitigate the rising number of bridge strikes in New York due to ineffective warn- ings from GPS systems.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill introduces Section 390-f to the general business law, stipulat- ing that navigation systems and electronic maps using GPS, guiding motor vehicle drivers along proposed routes, must incorporate the legal clear- ance height of each bridge or overpass. It also states that a system is in compliance if it includes legal clearance heights on proposed routes and informs on its system that drivers and users are the ones responsi- ble to comply with vehicle height and weight restrictions and other traffic laws.   JUSTIFICATION: Increased traffic, guided by navigation systems and apps with GPS, has led to a surge in bridge strikes in New York. This legislation aims to address this issue by compelling GPS systems to provide comprehensive warnings about the clearance heights of bridges and overpasses, with the goal of ultimately reducing the occurrence of bridge strikes.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: None.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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A08582 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8582--B
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 12, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced   by  M.  of  A.  SANTABARBARA,  CONRAD,  DAVILA,  LEVENBERG,
          LEMONDES, TAGUE, SILLITTI -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
          on  Consumer  Affairs  and  Protection  --  committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee  --  reported  and  referred  to  the  Committee on Rules -- again
          reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring navi-
          gation  systems utilizing GPS technology to identify the height of any
          bridge or overpass along a proposed route
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  390-f to read as follows:
     3    § 390-f. Global positioning system navigation. 1. No electronic map or
     4  navigation  system  which utilizes global positioning system (GPS) tech-
     5  nology to direct the driver of a motor vehicle to a  specified  destina-
     6  tion  along  a proposed route or routes shall be offered for use or sale
     7  in this state unless such map or navigation system  provides  the  legal
     8  clearance  of  each  bridge or elevated structure along a proposed route
     9  generated in response to a request or information provided  by  a  user.
    10  For  the purposes of this section, the term "legal clearance" shall have
    11  the same meaning as such term is used in title eight of the vehicle  and
    12  traffic  law  requiring  signs with such legal clearance to be posted at
    13  all bridges and elevated structures on highways under  the  jurisdiction
    14  of  the  department  of  transportation, other state authorities, county
    15  superintendents of highways, towns, cities and villages.
    16    2. No electronic map or navigation system shall  be  in  violation  of
    17  this  section,  provided  that  such electronic map or navigation system
    18  includes accurate and updated legal clearance information to the  great-
    19  est  extent  practicable  and  instruction,  through terms of service or
    20  elsewhere on the map or system, that the driver or user shall be respon-
    21  sible for such driver or  user's  vehicle  complying  with  all  vehicle
    22  height and weight restrictions or all laws of the road.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    24  it shall have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13929-04-4
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