Colored Lights on Fire Vehicles, Ambulances, Emergency Ambulance Service Vehicles and County Em...
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7/16/14 N.Y. St. Reg. MTV-28-14-00010-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXXVI, ISSUE 28
July 16, 2014
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. MTV-28-14-00010-P
Colored Lights on Fire Vehicles, Ambulances, Emergency Ambulance Service Vehicles and County Emergency Medical Service Vehicles
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
This is a consensus rule making to amend Part 44 of Title 15 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Vehicle and Traffic Law, sections 215(a) and 375(41)
Subject:
Colored lights on fire vehicles, ambulances, emergency ambulance service vehicles and county emergency medical service vehicles.
Purpose:
To conform the regulation to existing statutory provisions.
Text of proposed rule:
Paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of section 44.4 is amended to read as follows:
(1) One or more blue lights or combination blue and red lights or combination blue, red and white lights may be affixed to a police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency ambulance service vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicle for rear projection only. In the event that the trunk or rear gate of a police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency ambulance service vehicle and county emergency medical services vehicle obstructs or diminishes the visibility of other emergency lighting on such vehicle, a blue light may be affixed to and displayed from the trunk, rear gate or interior of such vehicle. Such lights may be displayed on a police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency ambulance service vehicle and county emergency medical services vehicle when such vehicle is engaged in an emergency operation. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize the use of blue lights on a police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency ambulance service vehicle and county emergency medical services vehicle unless such vehicle also displays one or more red, or combination red and white lights as otherwise authorized in this section.
Paragraph (10) of subdivision (k) of Section 44.4 is amended to read as follows:
(10) The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to a police vehicle [.], fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency ambulance service vehicle, and county emergency medical services vehicles.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Heidi Bazicki, Department of Motor Vehicles, 6 Empire State Plaza, Rm. 522A, Albany, NY 12228, (518) 474-0871, email: [email protected]
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Sean J. Martin, Department of Motor Vehicles, 6 Empire State Plaza, Rm. 522A, Albany, NY 12228, (518) 474-0871, email: [email protected]
Public comment will be received until:
45 days after publication of this notice.
This rule was not under consideration at the time this agency submitted its Regulatory Agenda for publication in the Register.
Consensus Rule Making Determination
This proposed regulation would allow the following types of motor vehicles to have affixed on such vehicles, blue lights, or combination blue and red lights or combination blue, red and white lights: fire vehicles, ambulances, emergency ambulance service vehicles and county emergency medical service vehicles. Prior to the enactment of Chapter 143 of the Laws of 2011, which amended Section 375(41) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, only police vehicles were authorized to affix such combination of lights.
This is a consensus rule because it merely conforms Part 44 to the above-referenced statutory provision.
Job Impact Statement
A Job Impact Statement is not submitted because this rule will have no adverse impact on job creation or job development in New York State.
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