NY State Senate Bill 2009-S4909

Senate Bill S4909

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and infractions in Suffolk and Nassau counties

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Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 11, 2010	reported and committed to finance
May 03, 2010	print number 4909e
May 03, 2010	amend and recommit to codes
Mar 24, 2010	print number 4909d
Mar 24, 2010	amend and recommit to codes
Jan 12, 2010	reported and committed to codes
Jan 06, 2010	referred to transportation
Dec 23, 2009	print number 4909c
Dec 23, 2009	amend and recommit to codes
Sep 08, 2009	print number 4909b
Sep 08, 2009	amend and recommit to codes
Jun 18, 2009	print number 4909a
Jun 18, 2009	amend and recommit to codes
Jun 02, 2009	reported and committed to codes
Apr 27, 2009	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jan 12, 2010 - Transportation Committee Vote
  S4909
  
  12
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  6
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Transportation Committee Vote: Jan 12, 2010
      
      aye (12)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Aubertine
      
      Dilan
      
      Foley
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Lanza
      
      Libous
      
      Perkins
      
      Savino
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (1)
      
      Diaz
      
      aye wr (6)
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Johnson
      
      Larkin
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Robach
      
      Young
  May 11, 2010 - Codes Committee Vote
  S4909
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Codes Committee Vote: May 11, 2010
      
      aye (9)
      
      Breslin
      
      Duane
      
      Huntley
      
      Klein
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Sampson
      
      Schneiderman
      
      Squadron
      
      nay (7)
      
      Bonacic
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Flanagan
      
      Golden
      
      Lanza
      
      Saland
      
      Volker

Bill Amendments

Original

E (Active)

2009-S4909 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1809-f, V & T L; add §97-jjjj, St Fin L

2009-S4909 - Summary

Establishes a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and infractions in Suffolk and Nassau counties; funds received by the counties as a result of the surcharge pay for additional patroling by the state police on the Long Island expressway and portions of sunrise highway.

2009-S4909 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4909 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4909

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FOLEY  -- 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 and the state  finance  law,
  in  relation to a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and infrac-
  tions in Suffolk and Nassau counties

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 1809-f to read as follows:
  S 1809-F.  MANDATORY  SURCHARGE  REQUIRED  FOR  TRAFFIC  OFFENSES  AND
INFRACTIONS IN SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES. 1. WHENEVER PROCEEDINGS THAT
ARE  ADJUDICATED  IN A COURT IN THE COUNTIES OF SUFFOLK OR NASSAU RESULT
IN A CONVICTION FOR A CRIME UNDER THIS CHAPTER OR A  TRAFFIC  INFRACTION
UNDER  THIS  CHAPTER,  OR  A  LOCAL  LAW,  ORDINANCE, RULE OR REGULATION
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, THERE  SHALL  BE  LEVIED  A  MANDATORY
SURCHARGE,  IN ADDITION TO ANY SENTENCE OR SURCHARGE REQUIRED OR PERMIT-
TED BY LAW, IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY DOLLARS.
  2. THE ADDITIONAL SURCHARGES PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBU-
NAL THAT RENDERED THE CONVICTION. WITHIN THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH
FOLLOWING  COLLECTION OF SUCH SURCHARGES, THE COLLECTING AUTHORITY SHALL
PAY SUCH MONEY TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER TO  BE  DEPOSITED  IN  THE  LONG
ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
NINETY-SEVEN-JJJJ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  3.  THE  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN,
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOURTEEN AND SUBDIVISION THREE
OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN OF THIS  CHAPTER  GOVERNING  ACTIONS
WHICH  MAY BE TAKEN FOR FAILURE TO PAY A FINE OR PENALTY SHALL BE APPLI-
CABLE TO THE ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section  97-jjjj
to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06131-01-9

S. 4909                             2

  S  97-JJJJ. LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND. 1.
THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL
FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "LONG  ISLAND  EXPRESSWAY  AND  SUNRISE  HIGHWAY
PATROL FUND".
  2.  SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE STATE PURSU-
ANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED NINE-F OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW
AND ALL OTHER GRANTS, BEQUESTS OR OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR
TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
  3.  MONEYS  IN  THE  LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL
FUND SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE AND APART AND SHALL NOT BE  COMMINGLED  WITH
ANY  OTHER  MONEYS  IN  THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND SHALL ONLY BE
EXPENDED HEREIN AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS APPROVED BY THE DIVISION  OF  THE
BUDGET.
  4.  THE  MONEYS  RECEIVED  BY  SUCH FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED PURSUANT TO
APPROPRIATION TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF STAFFING THE PATROL UNITS  FOR  THE
LONG  ISLAND  EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY IN SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUN-
TIES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S4909A - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1809-f, V & T L; add §97-jjjj, St Fin L

2009-S4909A - Summary

2009-S4909A - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4909A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4909--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. FOLEY, C. JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
  reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
  on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
  in relation to a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and  infrac-
  tions in Suffolk and Nassau counties

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1809-f to read as follows:
  S  1809-F.  MANDATORY  SURCHARGE  REQUIRED  FOR  TRAFFIC  OFFENSES AND
INFRACTIONS IN SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES. 1. WHENEVER PROCEEDINGS THAT
ARE ADJUDICATED IN A COURT IN THE COUNTIES OF SUFFOLK OR  NASSAU  RESULT
IN  A  CONVICTION FOR A CRIME UNDER THIS CHAPTER OR A TRAFFIC INFRACTION
UNDER THIS CHAPTER, OR  A  LOCAL  LAW,  ORDINANCE,  RULE  OR  REGULATION
ADOPTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  CHAPTER,  THERE SHALL BE LEVIED A MANDATORY
SURCHARGE, IN ADDITION TO ANY SENTENCE OR SURCHARGE REQUIRED OR  PERMIT-
TED BY LAW, IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY DOLLARS.
  2.  THE  ADDITIONAL SURCHARGES PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBU-
NAL THAT RENDERED THE CONVICTION. WITHIN THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH
FOLLOWING COLLECTION OF SUCH SURCHARGES, THE COLLECTING AUTHORITY  SHALL
PAY  SUCH  MONEY  TO  THE  STATE COMPTROLLER TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE LONG
ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
NINETY-SEVEN-JJJJ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  3. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF SECTION FIVE  HUNDRED  TEN,
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOURTEEN AND SUBDIVISION THREE
OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER GOVERNING ACTIONS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06131-02-9

S. 4909--A                          2

WHICH MAY BE TAKEN FOR FAILURE TO PAY A FINE OR PENALTY SHALL BE  APPLI-
CABLE TO THE ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-jjjj
to read as follows:
  S 97-JJJJ. LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND.  1.
THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL
FUND  TO  BE  KNOWN  AS  THE "LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY
PATROL FUND".
  2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE STATE  PURSU-
ANT  TO  SECTION  EIGHTEEN HUNDRED NINE-F OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
AND ALL OTHER GRANTS, BEQUESTS OR OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR
TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
  3. MONEYS IN THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY  AND  SUNRISE  HIGHWAY  PATROL
FUND  SHALL  BE KEPT SEPARATE AND APART AND SHALL NOT BE COMMINGLED WITH
ANY OTHER MONEYS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER  AND  SHALL  ONLY  BE
EXPENDED  HEREIN  AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS APPROVED BY THE DIVISION OF THE
BUDGET.
  4. THE MONEYS RECEIVED BY SUCH FUND  SHALL  BE  EXPENDED  PURSUANT  TO
APPROPRIATION  TO  OFFSET THE COSTS OF RESTORING PATROL STAFF IN SUFFOLK
AND NASSAU COUNTY. THE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENTS SHALL PATROL WHERE THEY
PREVIOUSLY, OR CURRENTLY, PATROL  ON  THE  LONG  ISLAND  EXPRESSWAY  AND
SUNRISE HIGHWAY IN SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES. THE SEGMENTS ON THE LONG
ISLAND  EXPRESSWAY,  WHICH ARE PATROLLED BY NASSAU COUNTY VILLAGE POLICE
DEPARTMENTS, SHALL CONTINUE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S4909B - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1809-f, V & T L; add §97-jjjj, St Fin L

2009-S4909B - Summary

2009-S4909B - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4909B - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4909--B

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. FOLEY, C. JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
  reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
  on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
  amended  and  recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
  in relation to a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and  infrac-
  tions in Suffolk and Nassau counties

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1809-f to read as follows:
  S  1809-F.  MANDATORY  SURCHARGE  REQUIRED  FOR  TRAFFIC  OFFENSES AND
INFRACTIONS IN SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES. 1. WHENEVER PROCEEDINGS THAT
ARE ADJUDICATED IN A COURT IN THE COUNTIES OF SUFFOLK OR  NASSAU  RESULT
IN  A  CONVICTION FOR A CRIME UNDER THIS CHAPTER OR A TRAFFIC INFRACTION
UNDER THIS CHAPTER, OR  A  LOCAL  LAW,  ORDINANCE,  RULE  OR  REGULATION
ADOPTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  CHAPTER,  THERE SHALL BE LEVIED A MANDATORY
SURCHARGE, IN ADDITION TO ANY SENTENCE OR SURCHARGE REQUIRED OR  PERMIT-
TED BY LAW, IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY DOLLARS.
  2.  THE  ADDITIONAL SURCHARGES PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBU-
NAL THAT RENDERED THE CONVICTION. WITHIN THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH
FOLLOWING COLLECTION OF SUCH SURCHARGES, THE COLLECTING AUTHORITY  SHALL
PAY  SUCH  MONEY  TO  THE  STATE COMPTROLLER TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE LONG
ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
NINETY-SEVEN-JJJJ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  3. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF SECTION FIVE  HUNDRED  TEN,
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOURTEEN AND SUBDIVISION THREE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06131-15-9

S. 4909--B                          2

OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER GOVERNING ACTIONS
WHICH MAY BE TAKEN FOR FAILURE TO PAY A FINE OR PENALTY SHALL BE  APPLI-
CABLE TO THE ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-jjjj
to read as follows:
  S 97-JJJJ. LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND.  1.
THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL
FUND  TO  BE  KNOWN  AS  THE "LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY
PATROL FUND".
  2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES RECEIVED BY THE STATE  PURSU-
ANT  TO  SECTION  EIGHTEEN HUNDRED NINE-F OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
AND ALL OTHER GRANTS, BEQUESTS OR OTHER MONIES APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR
TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
  3. MONIES IN THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY  AND  SUNRISE  HIGHWAY  PATROL
FUND  SHALL  BE KEPT SEPARATE AND APART AND SHALL NOT BE COMMINGLED WITH
ANY OTHER MONIES IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER  AND  SHALL  ONLY  BE
EXPENDED  HEREIN  AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS APPROVED BY THE DIVISION OF THE
BUDGET.
  4. THE MONIES RECEIVED BY SUCH FUND SHALL BE  APPROPRIATED  TO  OFFSET
THE  COSTS  OF  MAINTAINING  PATROL  ON  THE  LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND
SUNRISE HIGHWAY BY THE NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO OFFSET THE
COSTS OF RESTORING PATROL ON THE  LONG  ISLAND  EXPRESSWAY  AND  SUNRISE
HIGHWAY  BY  THE  SUFFOLK  COUNTY  POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE SUFFOLK COUNTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ANY TOWN OR VILLAGE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL PATROL
WHERE THEY PREVIOUSLY, OR CURRENTLY PATROL ON THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY
AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY. REIMBURSEMENT FOR SUCH PATROLS SHALL BE MADE AVAIL-
ABLE TO COUNTY, TOWN, AND VILLAGE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S4909C - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1809-f, V & T L; add §97-jjjj, St Fin L

2009-S4909C - Summary

2009-S4909C - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4909C - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4909--C

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. FOLEY, C. JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
  reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
  on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
  amended  and  recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state  finance  law,
  in  relation to a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and infrac-
  tions in Suffolk and Nassau counties

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 1809-f to read as follows:
  S 1809-F.  MANDATORY  SURCHARGE  REQUIRED  FOR  TRAFFIC  OFFENSES  AND
INFRACTIONS IN SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES. 1. WHENEVER PROCEEDINGS THAT
ARE ADJUDICATED IN A COURT OR IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL IN THE COUN-
TIES  OF SUFFOLK OR NASSAU RESULT IN A CONVICTION FOR A CRIME UNDER THIS
CHAPTER OR A TRAFFIC INFRACTION UNDER THIS  CHAPTER,  OR  A  LOCAL  LAW,
ORDINANCE,  RULE  OR  REGULATION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, THERE
SHALL BE LEVIED A MANDATORY SURCHARGE, IN ADDITION TO  ANY  SENTENCE  OR
SURCHARGE REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY LAW, IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY DOLLARS.
  2.  THE  ADDITIONAL SURCHARGES PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBU-
NAL THAT RENDERED THE CONVICTION. WITHIN THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH
FOLLOWING COLLECTION OF SUCH SURCHARGES, THE COLLECTING AUTHORITY  SHALL
PAY  SUCH  MONEY  TO  THE  STATE COMPTROLLER TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE LONG
ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
NINETY-SEVEN-JJJJ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06131-20-9

S. 4909--C                          2

  3. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF SECTION FIVE  HUNDRED  TEN,
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOURTEEN AND SUBDIVISION THREE
OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER GOVERNING ACTIONS
WHICH MAY BE TAKEN FOR FAILURE TO PAY A FINE OR PENALTY SHALL BE  APPLI-
CABLE TO THE ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-jjjj
to read as follows:
  S 97-JJJJ. LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND.  1.
THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL
FUND  TO  BE  KNOWN  AS  THE "LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY
PATROL FUND".
  2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES RECEIVED BY THE STATE  PURSU-
ANT  TO  SECTION  EIGHTEEN HUNDRED NINE-F OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
AND ALL OTHER GRANTS, BEQUESTS OR OTHER MONIES APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR
TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
  3. MONIES IN THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY  AND  SUNRISE  HIGHWAY  PATROL
FUND  SHALL  BE KEPT SEPARATE AND APART AND SHALL NOT BE COMMINGLED WITH
ANY OTHER MONIES IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER  AND  SHALL  ONLY  BE
EXPENDED  HEREIN  AND  IN  SUCH AMOUNTS AS REQUESTED BY ELIGIBLE MUNICI-
PALITIES AND AS APPROVED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER. MUNICIPALITIES  SHALL
ONLY  BE  ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS EQUIVALENT TO SUCH MUNICI-
PALITY'S DEPOSITS INTO THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY  AND  SUNRISE  HIGHWAY
PATROL FUND.
  4.  THE MONIES RECEIVED BY SUCH FUND SHALL ONLY BE ALLOCATED TO OFFSET
THE COSTS OF MAINTAINING  PATROL  ON  THE  LONG  ISLAND  EXPRESSWAY  AND
SUNRISE HIGHWAY BY THE NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO OFFSET THE
COSTS  OF  RESTORING  PATROL  ON  THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE
HIGHWAY BY THE SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.   ANY TOWN  OR  VILLAGE
POLICE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PATROL  WHERE  THEY  PREVIOUSLY, OR CURRENTLY
PATROL ON THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY.  REIMBURSEMENT
FOR  SUCH  PATROLS  SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO COUNTY, TOWN, AND VILLAGE
POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S4909D - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1809-f, V & T L; add §97-jjjj, St Fin L

2009-S4909D - Summary

2009-S4909D - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4909D - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4909--D

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. FOLEY, C. JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
  reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
  on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
  amended  and  recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to  the
  Committee  on  Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
  -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit-
  tee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
  in relation to a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and  infrac-
  tions in Suffolk and Nassau counties

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1809-f to read as follows:
  S  1809-F.  MANDATORY  SURCHARGE  REQUIRED  FOR  TRAFFIC  OFFENSES AND
INFRACTIONS IN SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES. 1. WHENEVER PROCEEDINGS THAT
ARE ADJUDICATED IN A COURT OR IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL IN THE COUN-
TIES OF SUFFOLK OR NASSAU RESULT IN A CONVICTION FOR A CRIME UNDER  THIS
CHAPTER  OR  A  TRAFFIC  INFRACTION  UNDER THIS CHAPTER, OR A LOCAL LAW,
ORDINANCE, RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  THIS  CHAPTER,  THERE
SHALL  BE  LEVIED  A MANDATORY SURCHARGE, IN ADDITION TO ANY SENTENCE OR
SURCHARGE REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY LAW, IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY DOLLARS.
  2. THE ADDITIONAL SURCHARGES PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBU-
NAL THAT RENDERED THE CONVICTION. WITHIN THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH
FOLLOWING  COLLECTION OF SUCH SURCHARGES, THE COLLECTING AUTHORITY SHALL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06131-23-0

S. 4909--D                          2

PAY SUCH MONEY TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER TO  BE  DEPOSITED  IN  THE  LONG
ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
NINETY-SEVEN-JJJJ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  3.  THE  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN,
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOURTEEN AND SUBDIVISION THREE
OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN OF THIS  CHAPTER  GOVERNING  ACTIONS
WHICH  MAY BE TAKEN FOR FAILURE TO PAY A FINE OR PENALTY SHALL BE APPLI-
CABLE TO THE ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section  97-jjjj
to read as follows:
  S  97-JJJJ. LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND. 1.
THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL
FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "LONG  ISLAND  EXPRESSWAY  AND  SUNRISE  HIGHWAY
PATROL FUND".
  2.  SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES RECEIVED BY THE STATE PURSU-
ANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED NINE-F OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW
AND ALL OTHER GRANTS, BEQUESTS OR OTHER MONIES APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR
TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
  3.  MONIES  IN  THE  LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL
FUND SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE AND APART AND SHALL NOT BE  COMMINGLED  WITH
ANY  OTHER  MONIES  IN  THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND SHALL ONLY BE
EXPENDED HEREIN AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS  REQUESTED  BY  ELIGIBLE  MUNICI-
PALITIES  AND AS APPROVED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER. MUNICIPALITIES SHALL
ONLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS EQUIVALENT TO  SUCH  MUNICI-
PALITY'S  DEPOSITS  INTO  THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY
PATROL FUND.
  4. THE MONIES RECEIVED BY SUCH FUND SHALL ONLY BE ALLOCATED TO  OFFSET
THE  COSTS  OF  MAINTAINING  PATROL  ON  THE  LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND
SUNRISE HIGHWAY BY THE NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO OFFSET THE
COSTS OF RESTORING PATROL ON THE  LONG  ISLAND  EXPRESSWAY  AND  SUNRISE
HIGHWAY  BY  THE  SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.  ANY TOWN OR VILLAGE
POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL  PATROL  WHERE  THEY  PREVIOUSLY,  OR  CURRENTLY
PATROL  ON THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY.  IN THE COUN-
TIES OF SUFFOLK AND NASSAU, A PROPORTION OF SAID FUNDS SHALL BE DISTRIB-
UTED TO THE TOWNS, VILLAGES AND CITIES WITHIN SAID COUNTIES  WHICH  HAVE
ESTABLISHED  POLICE  DEPARTMENTS.  SUCH PROPORTION SHALL BE BASED ON THE
RESPECTIVE POPULATIONS OF EACH TOWN, VILLAGE AND CITY WITHIN THE  COUNTY
AS  COMPARED  TO  THE  POPULATION OF THE COUNTY DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LATEST FEDERAL CENSUS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S4909E (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1809-f, V & T L; add §97-jjjj, St Fin L

2009-S4909E (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S4909E (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4909E (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4909--E

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. FOLEY, C. JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
  reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
  on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
  amended  and  recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to  the
  Committee  on  Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
  -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit-
  tee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
  as  amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
  in relation to a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and  infrac-
  tions in Suffolk and Nassau counties

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1809-f to read as follows:
  S  1809-F.  MANDATORY  SURCHARGE  REQUIRED  FOR  TRAFFIC  OFFENSES AND
INFRACTIONS IN SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES. 1. WHENEVER PROCEEDINGS THAT
ARE ADJUDICATED IN A COURT OR IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL IN THE COUN-
TIES OF SUFFOLK OR NASSAU RESULT IN A CONVICTION FOR A CRIME UNDER  THIS
CHAPTER  OR  A  TRAFFIC  INFRACTION  UNDER THIS CHAPTER, OR A LOCAL LAW,
ORDINANCE, RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  THIS  CHAPTER,  THERE
SHALL  BE  LEVIED  A MANDATORY SURCHARGE, IN ADDITION TO ANY SENTENCE OR
SURCHARGE REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY LAW, IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY DOLLARS.
  2. THE ADDITIONAL SURCHARGES PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
SECTION SHALL BE PAID TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBU-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06131-25-0

S. 4909--E                          2

NAL THAT RENDERED THE CONVICTION. WITHIN THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH
FOLLOWING  COLLECTION OF SUCH SURCHARGES, THE COLLECTING AUTHORITY SHALL
PAY SUCH MONEY TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER TO  BE  DEPOSITED  IN  THE  LONG
ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
NINETY-SEVEN-JJJJ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  3.  THE  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN,
SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOURTEEN AND SUBDIVISION THREE
OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN OF THIS  CHAPTER  GOVERNING  ACTIONS
WHICH  MAY BE TAKEN FOR FAILURE TO PAY A FINE OR PENALTY SHALL BE APPLI-
CABLE TO THE ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section  97-jjjj
to read as follows:
  S  97-JJJJ. LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL FUND. 1.
THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL
FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "LONG  ISLAND  EXPRESSWAY  AND  SUNRISE  HIGHWAY
PATROL FUND".
  2.  SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES RECEIVED BY THE STATE PURSU-
ANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED NINE-F OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW
AND ALL OTHER GRANTS, BEQUESTS OR OTHER MONIES APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR
TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
  3.  MONIES  IN  THE  LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY PATROL
FUND SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE AND APART AND SHALL NOT BE  COMMINGLED  WITH
ANY  OTHER  MONIES  IN  THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND SHALL ONLY BE
EXPENDED HEREIN AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS  REQUESTED  BY  ELIGIBLE  MUNICI-
PALITIES  AND AS APPROVED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER. MUNICIPALITIES SHALL
ONLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS EQUIVALENT TO  SUCH  MUNICI-
PALITY'S  DEPOSITS  INTO  THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY
PATROL FUND.
  4. THE MONIES RECEIVED BY SUCH FUND SHALL ONLY BE ALLOCATED TO  OFFSET
THE  COSTS  OF  MAINTAINING  PATROL  ON  THE  LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND
SUNRISE HIGHWAY BY THE NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TO OFFSET THE
COSTS OF RESTORING PATROL ON THE  LONG  ISLAND  EXPRESSWAY  AND  SUNRISE
HIGHWAY  BY  THE SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.  ANY TOWN, VILLAGE OR
CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL PATROL WHERE THEY PREVIOUSLY, OR  CURRENTLY
PATROL  ON THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY.  IN THE COUN-
TIES OF SUFFOLK AND NASSAU, A PROPORTION OF SAID FUNDS SHALL BE DISTRIB-
UTED TO THE TOWNS, VILLAGES AND CITIES WITHIN SAID COUNTIES  WHICH  HAVE
ESTABLISHED POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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