STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7130 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FERNANDEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to dashboard cameras on sanitation vehicles The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 53 to read as follows: 3 53. A vehicle operated for the purpose of providing solid, hazardous, 4 or medical waste collection, recycling or disposal services shall be 5 equipped with an operating dashboard camera. Such camera shall be 6 recording at all times such vehicle is being operated for the purpose of 7 providing solid, hazardous, or medical waste collection, recycling or 8 disposal services. The video recording of such dashboard camera shall be 9 preserved by the owner of such sanitation vehicle for a period of four- 10 teen days after the date it is recorded. The provisions of this subdivi- 11 sion shall not apply to vehicles owned or operated by a county, city, 12 town, village or a political subdivision of the state. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10973-02-9