Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 13, 2010 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A10631
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HYER-SPENCER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Adam Clayton Powell IV
multi-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
David McDonough
Thomas McKevitt
Frank Skartados
2009-A10631 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง1183, V & T L
2009-A10631 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10631 REVISED 4/28/10 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing fines for speeding violations when a child aged fifteen years or less is present PURPOSE: Increases fines for speeding violations when a child aged fifteen years or less is present in the car. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 defines that this act shall be cited as the "Child Passenger Safety Law" Section 2 amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section, 1183 that establishes if a person exceeds the speed limit by 20 mph and has a child in the car aged fifteen or younger in the vehicle, the fine shall be doubled. JUSTIFICATION: A child's life can be endangered when an adult decides to drive irresponsibly. Although law enforcement is excellent at catching the individuals who speed, there needs to be more of a deterrent, espe- cially when a child is in the car. If an individual exceeds the speed limit by 20 mph or more and has a child under the age of 15 in the car, that child is in serious danger. Doubling the fine for speeding with a child in the car will create a deterrent for people who drive recklessly on the road.
2009-A10631 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10631 I N A S S E M B L Y April 13, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYER-SPENCER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing fines for speeding violations when a child aged fifteen years or less is present THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "child passenger safety act". S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1183 to read as follows: S 1183. CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY. WHERE THE COURT OR TRIBUNAL RECORDS OR ENTERS THAT THE SPEED UPON WHICH THE CONVICTION OF A PERSON FOR VIOLAT- ING A SPEED LIMIT ESTABLISHED BY THIS CHAPTER EXCEEDS THE APPLICABLE SPEED LIMIT BY TWENTY MILES PER HOUR OR MORE AND A CHILD AGED FIFTEEN YEARS OR LESS IS PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE, THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE SHALL BE DOUBLED. S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16737-01-0
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