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Feb 19, 2014 |
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Senate Bill S6625
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 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
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2013-S6625 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S6625 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6625 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the establishment of standards for the permanent revocation of a license or operating privileges for persistent vehicle and traffic law offenders PURPOSE: To direct the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to promulgate, by rule, standards for the permanent revocation of the driver's privilege to operate a motor vehicle for persistently dangerous drivers. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: A new subdivision 12 is added to Section 510 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to direct the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to establish, by rule, standards for the permanent revocation of driving privileges for those drivers who have accumulated an unacceptable number of serious motor vehicle offenses within established time frames of not less than five years (e.g., 4 such offenses within 5 years, 6 within 10 years, etc.) Serious motor vehicle offenses shall include: *Alcohol-related offenses; *A felony, class A misdemeanor and most unclassified misdemeanors of the Vehicle & Traffic Law (VTL) involving the operation of a motor
2013-S6625 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6625 I N S E N A T E February 19, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sens. FARLEY, MARCHIONE -- 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 the estab- lishment of standards for the permanent revocation of a license or operating privileges for persistent vehicle and traffic law offenders THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 12. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH BY RULE, STANDARDS FOR THE PERMANENT REVOCATION OF DRIVING PRIVILEGES FOR OPERATORS WHO HAVE BEEN DEEMED TO HAVE ACCUMULATED AN UNACCEPTABLE NUMBER OF SERIOUS MOTOR VEHI- CLE OFFENSES WITHIN ESTABLISHED TIME FRAMES WHICH SHALL BE CALCULATED IN INCREMENTS OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. THE TERM "SERIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSE" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: (I) A CONVICTION FOR VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OR SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO-A OF THIS CHAPTER AND ANY VIOLATION OF ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR WHICH REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF A LICENSE OR OPERATING PRIVILEGES IS MANDATORY, INCLUDING FAILURE TO SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; (II) A CONVICTION FOR A FELONY, CLASS A OR UNCLASSIFIED MISDEMEANOR SET FORTH IN THIS CHAPTER INVOLVING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, EXCEPT FOR THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE; (III) A CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF THIS ARTICLE; (IV) CONVICTION OF ANY VIOLATION FOR WHICH REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF A LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGES IS MANDATORY PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER; (V) CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY OR ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PENAL LAW INVOLVING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; AND (VI) ANY OTHER VIOLATION DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE A SERI- OUS MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSE, PURSUANT TO ADOPTION BY RULE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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