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NORWICH – The Chenango County Safety and Rules Committee has temporarily tabled the possibility of passing a new local law that would make it illegal to text message while driving.

Town of Norwich Supervisor David C. Law appeared at the committee’s March 18 meeting to request Chenango’s lawmakers consider passing a law that would prohibit driving and texting on cell phones or other devices.

Although talking on a cell phone is already a traffic offense in New York State, no law currently exists banning texting on the devices.

“I brought it to the county’s attention to see if we should consider making the law, but after having some discussions we decided to wait and see if the State Assembly soon passes its own. Plus it’d just be one more law that enforcement law has to keep track of,” said Law, adding that enforcement may prove challenging.