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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 09, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A116
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GANTT
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
multi-Sponsors
Dennis H. Gabryszak
Robert Sweeney
2013-A116 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A116 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to suspend a persons driver's license subject to an outstanding warrant of arrest, bench warrant or superior court warrant of arrest; directs commissioner to develop a program and procedure for the implementation of such suspension; provides that a person shall receive notice that the license shall be suspended and further allows a person to restore such license upon the person furnishing sufficient proof that the warrant has been recalled or fails to exist.
2013-A116 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 116 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GABRYS- ZAK, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transporta- tion AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing the commissioner of motor vehicles to suspend a person's driver's license subject to an outstanding warrant of arrest, bench warrant or superior court warrant of arrest 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 510-d to read as follows: S 510-D. SUSPENSION OF LICENSES SUBJECT TO AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT OF ARREST. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER OR THE COMMISSIONER'S AGENT SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO REVOKE THE LICENSE TO DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE OR MOTORCYCLE OF ANY PERSON AGAINST WHOM A WARRANT OF ARREST, BENCH WARRANT OR SUPERIOR COURT WARRANT OF ARREST IS OUTSTANDING. 2. THE COMMISSIONER IS DIRECTED TO DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH A PROGRAM AND PROCEDURE WHICH WILL ALLOW THE IMMEDIATE DENIAL OF A LICENSE BECAUSE A PERSON HAS AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT OF ARREST, BENCH WARRANT OR SUPERIOR COURT WARRANT OF ARREST. SUCH A PROGRAM SHALL BE DESIGNED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT UPON FILING AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE, THE LICENSE WILL BE DENIED TO SUCH PERSON OR WHERE A LICENSE HAS BEEN GRANTED, THE RIGHT THERETO SHALL BE SUSPENDED UPON NOTICE THAT SUCH AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT IN FACT EXISTS. AS PART OF SUCH PROGRAM THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES SHALL EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING GENERAL COMPUTER ACCESS TO ALL OUTSTANDING WARRANTS OF ARREST. 3. A PERSON SHALL RECEIVE NOTICE THAT THE LICENSE SHALL BE SUSPENDED IN NINETY DAYS DUE TO AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT UNLESS SUCH PERSON EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04268-01-3
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