Assembly Bill A685

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires a holder of a class DJ or MJ learners permit, while operating a vehicle, to display a sign indicating that such vehicle is being driven by a new driver

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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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2013-A685 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1612
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง501-b, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4180, S5379
2011-2012: A4252, S1057
2015-2016: A5535, S1169
2017-2018: S3285
2019-2020: S4792
2021-2022: S5220
2023-2024: S6381

2013-A685 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a holder of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit, while operating a vehicle, to display a sign indicating that such vehicle is being driven by a new driver; further authorizes the commissioner to create the form and distribution for such sign upon the issuance of the learner's permit.

2013-A685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   685

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GALEF, TITONE, ORTIZ, GLICK, HOOPER, CASTRO,
  McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  CLARK,  COOK,  DUPREY,
  GUNTHER, MARKEY, PEOPLES-STOKES, RAIA, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to signage for
  persons driving under a learner's permit

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 501-b of the vehicle and traffic
law, as added by chapter 644 of the laws of 2002, paragraphs (c) and (d)
as amended by chapter 403 of the laws of 2009, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  In  addition  to the restrictions contained in subdivision five of
section five hundred one of this article, no holder of  a  class  DJ  or
class MJ learner's permit shall:
  (a)  operate  a motor vehicle with any front seat occupants other than
the supervising driver;
  (b) operate a motor vehicle unless every occupant of such  vehicle  is
properly  restrained by a safety belt or child safety seat in accordance
with the provisions of subdivision three-a  of  section  twelve  hundred
twenty-nine-c of this chapter;
  (c)  operate a motor vehicle with more than one passenger who is under
the age of twenty-one and who is not a member of such holder's immediate
family, provided, however, that the provisions of this  paragraph  shall
not  apply  when  such  holder is accompanied by a duly licensed parent,
guardian, person in a position of loco parentis, driver education teach-
er or driving school instructor;
  (d) be eligible for issuance of a class DJ, MJ, D or M license  unless
such  permit  has been valid for at least six months. Any time period in
which such class DJ or MJ learner's permit has been suspended or revoked

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

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