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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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Assembly Bill A5845
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DILAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Dean Murray
2017-A5845 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S4193
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1174, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S5085
2011-2012: S1367
2013-2014: S400
2015-2016: A10636, S1838
2019-2020: A2934, S3558
2021-2022: A3218
2023-2024: A2515
2017-A5845 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Increases the penalties for overtaking and passing a school bus; provides that for the first conviction a person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $350 nor more than $500; provides that for a second conviction a person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $800; also provides that for a third conviction a person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $800 nor more than $1000.
2017-A5845 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5845 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 16, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing the penalties for passing a school bus with its red lights illuminated indicating that it is picking up or discharging students 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 shall: for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than [two hundred fifty] THREE HUNDRED FIFTY dollars nor more than [four] FIVE 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] FIVE hundred dollars nor more than [seven hundred fifty] EIGHT HUNDRED 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] EIGHT HUNDRED 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, AND SUCH PERSON SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER LICENSE SUSPENDED. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04782-02-7
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