Assembly Actions -
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Jan 25, 2011 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S2560
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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
2011-S2560 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง502, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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S894
2011-S2560 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the establishment of an organ donor information education component as a prerequisite for obtaining a license to operate a motor vehicle; provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall establish the curriculum for such organ donor information education component, including but not limited to, the importance of anatomical gifts and the proper manner of executing the organ donor information on the reverse side of the driver's license.
2011-S2560 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2560 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing an organ donor information education component PURPOSE: To educate and inform soon to be licensed drivers of the importance of becoming an organ donor. SUMMARY OF PROVISION: Amends Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law and a new paragraph (h) is added to establish an organ donor information education component. EXISTING LAW: There is no existing provision in the law regarding organ donor instruction as a prerequisite for obtaining a driver's license. NYS drivers' licenses do provide a space on the back to be filled out for organ donation. JUSTIFICATION: Nationwide there are about 40,000 people awaiting organ transplants. In the United States every day an average of eight people die because of the shortage in supply of organs available
2011-S2560 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2560 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 25, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- 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 establishing an organ donor information education component THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehi- cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of 2002, is amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows: (d) The commissioner shall make available for distribution upon regis- tration at each location where the pre-licensing course will be given, instructional handbooks outlining the content of the entire curriculum of the pre-licensing course including the information required to be included in the course pursuant to paragraphs (c), (c-1) [and], (c-2) AND (I) of this subdivision. The commissioner shall also provide for the additional training of the instructors necessary for the competent instruction of the alcohol and drug education and "Road Rage" awareness and "Work Zone Safety" awareness subject matters of the pre-licensing course. (I) ORGAN DONOR INFORMATION EDUCATION COMPONENT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE IN THE PRE-LICENSING COURSE, SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION A MANDATORY COMPONENT INFORMING PROSPECTIVE LICENSEES OF THE IMPORTANCE OF BECOMING AN ORGAN DONOR AND THE ORGAN DONOR INFOR- MATION PRINTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE AS A PREREQ- UISITE FOR OBTAINING A LICENSE TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE. THE COMMIS- SIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CURRICULUM FOR THE ORGAN DONOR INFORMATION EDUCATION COMPONENT WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE IMPOR- TANCE OF ANATOMICAL GIFTS; AND THE PROPER MANNER OF EXECUTING THE ORGAN DONOR INFORMATION ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date shall be promulgated on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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