Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 06, 2013 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 09, 2013 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A1846
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GIBSON
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
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Sam Roberts
Luis R. Sepúlveda
multi-Sponsors
William Boyland
Barbara Clark
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
2013-A1846 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A1846 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides for doubling the fine for certain moving violations occurring within school safety zones: a quarter mile radius of a primary or secondary school or 200 yards of a school in NYC; doubles the fines during school hours; requires local governments to post signs prescribed by the commissioner of transportation; requires establishment of maximum speed limits in school safety zones to be done in consultation with local governments and police.
2013-A1846 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1846 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GIBSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transpor- tation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing the school safety zone act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "school safety zone act". S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 142-a to read as follows: S 142-A. SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE. THE AREA OR SPACE INCLUDED WITHIN A ONE- QUARTER MILE RADIUS OF A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL; EXCEPT THAT IN CITIES COMPRISING MORE THAN ONE COUNTY, SUCH RADIUS SHALL BE TWO HUNDRED YARDS. S 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new sections 1229-e and 1229-f to read as follows: S 1229-E. FINES DOUBLED WITHIN SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE. 1. THE OTHERWISE APPLICABLE FINE OR RANGE OF FINES FOR THE COMMISSION OF A MOVING TRAFFIC VIOLATION PROHIBITED UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS TITLE WITHIN A SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO-A OF THIS CHAP- TER, DURING POSTED SCHOOL HOURS SHALL BE DOUBLED. 2. THE (A) GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE IN WHICH ANY SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE IS LOCATED IN EVERY COUNTY NOT WHOLLY CONTAINED WITH- IN A CITY AND (B) LOCAL COMMUNITY BOARD OF ANY CITY COMPRISING MORE THAN ONE COUNTY SHALL OBTAIN FROM THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES OF EVERY SCHOOL BUILDING IN A SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS THE SCHOOL HOURS OF EACH SUCH SCHOOL BUILDING. SUCH HOURS SHALL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SIGNS POSTED AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND PRESCRIPTION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION TO DESIGNATE SCHOOL SAFETY ZONES. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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