BILL NUMBER: S486
SPONSOR: FERNANDEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring certain
state police vehicles to carry and offer use of jumper cables
 
PURPOSE:
This legislation requires certain state police vehicles to carry jumper
cables and requires officers operating such vehicles offer to use such
jumper cables on disabled vehicles.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 requires certain state police vehicles to carry jumper cables
and requires officers operating such vehicles offer to use such jumper
cables on disabled vehicles.
Section 2 establishes the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Dead battery problems for stranded drivers could be easily fixed if
state patrol cars, which are already required to help stranded drivers,
carry jumper cables. This bill would require state police vehicles
performing traffic enforcement to be equipped with jumper cables to
assist in powering the battery of a disabled vehicle.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: 52195 / A06974A
2021-22: S1595 /
A2314 2019-20: S5301 / A2838
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
TED
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.