S 6935: Prohibits municipalities from transferring primary investigating authority of vehicle collisions that result in serious injury or death from the police to a non-law enforcement agency.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6935 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting municipalities from transferring primary investigating authority of vehicle collisions that result in serious injury or death to a non-law enforcement agency The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 603-a of 2 the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 3 2024, is amended to read as follows: 4 In addition to the requirements of section six hundred three of this 5 article, whenever a motor vehicle, bicycle with electric assist, or 6 electric scooter accident results in serious physical injury or death to 7 a person, [and such accident either is discovered by a police officer,] 8 or reported to a police officer within five days after such accident 9 occurred, the police shall conduct an investigation of such accident. 10 No municipality shall transfer such primary investigating authority to a 11 non-law enforcement agency. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 13 manner as chapter 196 of the laws of 2024, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03347-02-5