Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 20, 2011 |
enacting clause stricken |
Mar 16, 2011 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A6417
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TOWNS
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
Robert Reilly
Eric Stevenson
Mike Spano
Inez Barron
multi-Sponsors
William Boyland
Nancy Calhoun
Andrew Goodell
Steven McLaughlin
2011-A6417 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A6417 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to reporting of drivers who pass stopped school buses; provides for a procedure and form for school bus drivers and individuals to report to local law enforcement any driver of a motor vehicle that has passed a stopped school bus; such report may be filed by the driver of a school bus or any individual who observes such violation; makes provisions for false reporting and provides for sanctions, including suspension of driver's license, for failure to respond to a summons issued pursuant to a report.
2011-A6417 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6417 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 16, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TOWNS, REILLY, STEVENSON, SPANO -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, CALHOUN, GOODELL, McLAUGHLIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to reporting of drivers who pass a stopped school bus and the sanctions therefor 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 1174-a to read as follows: S 1174-A. PASSING OF STOPPED SCHOOL BUS; REPORTING BY SCHOOL BUS OPER- ATORS AND INDIVIDUALS. (A) THE OPERATOR OF A SCHOOL BUS OR ANY INDIVID- UAL WHO OBSERVES A VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE MAY SUBMIT A SIGNED REPORT, ON A FORM PREPARED BY THE COMMISSIONER, WHICH INDICATES THAT A VIOLATION OCCURRED. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 1. THE DATE AND APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE VIOLATION; 2. A DESCRIPTION OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATOR, OR THE IDENTITY OF THE VIOLATOR, IF KNOWN TO THE SCHOOL BUS OPERATOR OR INDIVIDUAL; AND 3. THE LICENSE NUMBER AND THE TYPE, MODEL, OR OTHER IDENTIFYING CHAR- ACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, AND SUCH OFFICER SHALL FORWARD A COPY TO THE COMMISSIONER. (B) A DRIVER OF A SCHOOL BUS WHO KNOWINGLY FILES FALSE INFORMATION IN THE REPORT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE DISQUALI- FICATION SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS (B) AND (C) OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINE-C OF THIS CHAPTER, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY PROVIDED BY LAW. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO KNOWINGLY FILES FALSE INFOR- MATION IN THE REPORT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A VIOLATION, PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09536-01-1
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