Senate Bill S1878

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

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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-S1878 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6610
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง1174 & 510, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3099, A8191
2015-2016: S1634, A10078
2017-2018: S1064, A719
2019-2020: S4017, A2246
2021-2022: S1636, A3644
2023-2024: S1080, A5009

2013-S1878 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus; requires revocation for second offense.

2013-S1878 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1878 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1878

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. BONACIC, GALLIVAN, MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered
  printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
  portation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
  the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

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

  Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 1174 of the vehicle and  traffic
law,  as  amended by chapter 254 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read
as follows:
  (c) Every person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a)  of  this
section, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY IMPOSED BY THIS CHAPTER shall:
for  a  first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than
two hundred fifty dollars nor more  than  four  hundred  dollars  or  by
imprisonment  for  not  more  than  thirty days or by both such fine and
imprisonment; for a conviction of a second violation, both of which were
committed within a period of three years, such person shall be  punished
by  a  fine  of  not  less  than six hundred dollars nor more than seven
hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than  one  hundred
eighty  days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction of
a third or subsequent violation, all of which were  committed  within  a
period  of  three  years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not
less than seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars
or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or by  both
such fine and imprisonment.
  S  2.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle and
traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph  (xvi)  to  read  as
follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05940-01-3

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