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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SKARTADOS  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  drivers  between sixteen and twenty-five years of age to take and pass
  the national safety council course, or a similar  nationally  approved
  course approved by the department of motor vehicles in order to obtain
  a license or upon conviction of a moving violation

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
  (C-1) AS A PREREQUISITE TO RECEIVING A LICENSE,  AN  APPLICANT  FOR  A
CLASS  D  LICENSE  WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTEEN BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE
YEARS OF AGE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE  AND  PASS  THE  NATIONAL  SAFETY
COUNCIL  COURSE,  OR  A SIMILAR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COURSE APPROVED BY
THE DEPARTMENT, RELATING  TO  YOUNG  DRIVER'S  ATTITUDES  AND  BEHAVIORS
BEHIND  THE  WHEEL.  THE COURSE MUST BE NOT LESS THAN FOUR HOURS OR MORE
THAN FIVE HOURS, CONSISTING OF CLASSROOM  INSTRUCTION  RELATING  TO  THE
EFFECTS  OF  DRIVER INEXPERIENCE, PEER PRESSURE AND DISTRACTIONS SUCH AS
CELL PHONES  AND  TEXTING;  WHY  YOUNG  DRIVERS  HAVE  SUCH  HIGH  CRASH
VIOLATION  RATES  AND  HOW  DRIVING  BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES CONTRIBUTE;
HAZARD RECOGNITION; ADOPTING SAFE DRIVING BEHAVIORS AND  PRACTICES,  AND
RESPONSIBILITIES  OF  PASSENGERS.  ANY LICENSED DRIVER AT LEAST EIGHTEEN
BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE WHO IS CONVICTED OF A  MOVING
VIOLATION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE AND PASS THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
COURSE,  OR  A  SIMILAR  NATIONALLY  RECOGNIZED  COURSE  APPROVED BY THE
DEPARTMENT, RELATING TO YOUNG DRIVER'S ATTITUDES  AND  BEHAVIORS  BEHIND
THE WHEEL.
  S  2. The commissioner of the department of motor vehicles will estab-
lish an application fee  for  the  driver  safety  course  described  in

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

                                                           LBD00607-01-5

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section  one  of this act, as he or she deems appropriate. The fee shall
be paid by applicants for a class D license who are  under  the  age  of
twenty-five.    All revenues generated by such fees shall be expended to
cover  the  costs of implementing the driver's safety course program and
the processing of any information necessary to implementing the program.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.