NY State Assembly Bill 2017-A7486

Assembly Bill A7486

Signed By Governor

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a motorcycle safety awareness component as a requirement for licensing

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 23, 2017	signed chap.355
Oct 11, 2017	delivered to governor
Jun 19, 2017	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.696 substituted for s2119a
Jun 15, 2017	referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly
Jun 14, 2017	ordered to third reading rules cal.299 rules report cal.299 reported
Jun 13, 2017	reported referred to rules
Jun 07, 2017	reported referred to ways and means
May 25, 2017	print number 7486a
May 25, 2017	amend and recommit to transportation
Apr 27, 2017	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jun 19, 2017 - Floor Vote
  A7486
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 19, 2017
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Serrano

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2017-A7486 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S2119
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S7138
2013-2014: A9083, S2113
2015-2016: A6845, S4892

2017-A7486 - Summary

Establishes a motorcycle safety awareness component as a requirement for licensing.

2017-A7486 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7486
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requirements
   for licensing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (c-3) to read as follows:
   (C-3) "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY" AWARENESS COMPONENT. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PROVIDE  IN THE PRE-LICENSING COURSE, SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, A MANDATORY  COMPONENT  IN  "MOTORCYCLE  SAFETY"  AWARENESS
 EDUCATION  AS  A PREREQUISITE FOR OBTAINING A LICENSE TO OPERATE A MOTOR
 VEHICLE. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPONENT IS TO EDUCATE  PROSPECTIVE  LICEN-
 SEES  ON  THE  POTENTIAL DANGERS TO PERSONS OPERATING MOTORCYCLES ON THE
 ROADWAY.
   § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 502
 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) Upon submission of an application  for  a  driver's  license,  the
 applicant  shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
 of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic,  the
 laws  relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
 ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road  Rage",  [or]  "Work  Zone
 Safety"  awareness  AND  "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY" AWARENESS as defined by the
 commissioner, the law relating to exercising due care to avoid colliding
 with a parked, stopped  or  standing  authorized  emergency  vehicle  or
 hazard  vehicle  pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
 chapter, the ability to read and comprehend traffic  signs  and  symbols
 and  such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and to satis-
 factorily complete a course prescribed by the commissioner of  not  less
 than  four  hours  and not more than five hours, consisting of classroom
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07622-01-7

 A. 7486                             2
 
 driver training and highway safety instruction or the equivalent  there-
 of.  Such test shall include at least seven written questions concerning
 the effects of consumption of alcohol or  drugs  on  the  ability  of  a
 person  to  operate  a  motor vehicle and the legal and financial conse-
 quences resulting from violations of section eleven  hundred  ninety-two
 of  this  chapter,  prohibiting  the  operation of a motor vehicle while
 under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such test shall include one  or
 more written questions concerning the devastating effects of "Road Rage"
 on  the ability of a person to operate a motor vehicle and the legal and
 financial consequences resulting from assaulting, threatening or  inter-
 fering with the lawful conduct of another person legally using the road-
 way. Such test shall include one or more questions concerning the poten-
 tial  dangers  to  persons  and  equipment  resulting  from  the  unsafe
 operation of a motor vehicle in a work zone. SUCH TEST SHALL INCLUDE ONE
 OR MORE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL DANGERS TO PERSONS  OPERATING
 MOTORCYCLES  ON  THE  ROAD.  Such test may include one or more questions
 concerning the law for exercising due care to  avoid  colliding  with  a
 parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehi-
 cle  pursuant  to  section  eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter.
 Such test shall be administered by the  commissioner.  The  commissioner
 shall  cause  the  applicant  to take a vision test and a test for color
 blindness. Upon passage of the  vision  test,  the  application  may  be
 accepted and the application fee shall be payable.
   §  3.    Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section
 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 97 of the laws
 of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) Upon submission of an application  for  a  driver's  license,  the
 applicant  shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
 of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic,  the
 laws  relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
 ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road  Rage",  [or]  "Work  Zone
 Safety"  awareness  AND  "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY" AWARENESS as defined by the
 commissioner, the law relating to exercising due care to avoid colliding
 with a parked, stopped  or  standing  authorized  emergency  vehicle  or
 hazard  vehicle  pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
 chapter, the ability to read and comprehend traffic  signs  and  symbols
 and  such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and to satis-
 factorily complete a course prescribed by the commissioner of  not  less
 than  four  hours  and not more than five hours, consisting of classroom
 driver training and highway safety instruction or the equivalent  there-
 of.  Such test shall include at least seven written questions concerning
 the effects of consumption of alcohol or  drugs  on  the  ability  of  a
 person  to  operate  a  motor vehicle and the legal and financial conse-
 quences resulting from violations of section eleven  hundred  ninety-two
 of  this  chapter,  prohibiting  the  operation of a motor vehicle while
 under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such test shall include one  or
 more written questions concerning the devastating effects of "Road Rage"
 on  the ability of a person to operate a motor vehicle and the legal and
 financial consequences resulting from assaulting, threatening or  inter-
 fering with the lawful conduct of another person legally using the road-
 way. Such test shall include one or more questions concerning the poten-
 tial  dangers  to  persons  and  equipment  resulting  from  the  unsafe
 operation of a motor vehicle in a work zone. SUCH TEST SHALL INCLUDE ONE
 OR MORE QUESTIONS CONCERNING  POTENTIAL  DANGERS  TO  PERSONS  OPERATING
 MOTORCYCLES  ON  THE  ROAD.  Such test may include one or more questions
 concerning the law for exercising due care to  avoid  colliding  with  a

 A. 7486                             3
 
 parked,  stopped  or standing vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred
 forty-four-a of this chapter. Such test shall  be  administered  by  the
 commissioner.  The  commissioner  shall  cause  the  applicant to take a
 vision  test  and a test for color blindness. Upon passage of the vision
 test, the application may be accepted and the application fee  shall  be
 payable.
   §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately; provided, however,
 section three of this act shall take effect on the same date and in  the
 same manner as chapter 97 of the laws of 2016, takes effect.

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2017-A7486A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S2119
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S7138
2013-2014: A9083, S2113
2015-2016: A6845, S4892

2017-A7486A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a motorcycle safety awareness component as a requirement for licensing.

2017-A7486A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7486--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Transportation  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requirements
   for licensing

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (c-3) to read as follows:
   (C-3)  "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY" AWARENESS COMPONENT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 PROVIDE IN THE PRE-LICENSING COURSE, SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  A  MANDATORY  COMPONENT  IN  "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY" AWARENESS
 EDUCATION AS A PREREQUISITE FOR OBTAINING A LICENSE TO OPERATE  A  MOTOR
 VEHICLE.  THE  PURPOSE OF THE COMPONENT IS TO EDUCATE PROSPECTIVE LICEN-
 SEES ON THE POTENTIAL DANGERS TO PERSONS OPERATING  MOTORCYCLES  ON  THE
 ROADWAY.
   §  2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a), and paragraphs (b) and (d) of
 subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  subpara-
 graph (i) of paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 97 of the laws of 2016,
 paragraphs  (b)  and  (d) as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of 2002,
 are amended to read as follows:
   (i) Upon submission of an application  for  a  driver's  license,  the
 applicant  shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
 of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic,  the
 laws  relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
 ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road  Rage",  [or]  "Work  Zone
 Safety"  awareness  AND  "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY" AWARENESS as defined by the
 commissioner, the law relating to exercising due care to avoid colliding
 with a parked, stopped  or  standing  authorized  emergency  vehicle  or
 hazard  vehicle  pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
 chapter, the ability to read and comprehend traffic  signs  and  symbols
 and  such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and to satis-
 factorily complete a course prescribed by the commissioner of  not  less
 than  four  hours  and not more than five hours, consisting of classroom

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07622-03-7

 A. 7486--A                          2
 
 driver training and highway safety instruction or the equivalent  there-
 of.  Such test shall include at least seven written questions concerning
 the  effects  of  consumption  of  alcohol  or drugs on the ability of a
 person  to  operate  a  motor vehicle and the legal and financial conse-
 quences resulting from violations of section eleven  hundred  ninety-two
 of  this  chapter,  prohibiting  the  operation of a motor vehicle while
 under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such test shall include one  or
 more written questions concerning the devastating effects of "Road Rage"
 on  the ability of a person to operate a motor vehicle and the legal and
 financial consequences resulting from assaulting, threatening or  inter-
 fering with the lawful conduct of another person legally using the road-
 way. Such test shall include one or more questions concerning the poten-
 tial  dangers  to  persons  and  equipment  resulting  from  the  unsafe
 operation of a motor vehicle in a work zone. SUCH TEST MAY  INCLUDE  ONE
 OR  MORE  QUESTIONS  CONCERNING MOTORCYCLE SAFETY. Such test may include
 one or more questions concerning the law  for  exercising  due  care  to
 avoid  colliding  with a parked, stopped or standing vehicle pursuant to
 section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter. Such test shall  be
 administered  by  the  commissioner.  The  commissioner  shall cause the
 applicant to take a vision test and a test  for  color  blindness.  Upon
 passage  of  the  vision  test,  the application may be accepted and the
 application fee shall be payable.
   (b) Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in  para-
 graph  (a)  of  this subdivision which shall include an alcohol and drug
 education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
 "Road Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of  this
 subdivision and a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described in
 paragraph (c-2) of this subdivision, AND A "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY" AWARENESS
 COMPONENT  AS  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (C-3)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION the
 commissioner shall cause the applicant to take a road test in  a  repre-
 sentative  vehicle  of a type prescribed by the commissioner which shall
 be appropriate to the type of license for  which  application  is  made,
 except  that  the  commissioner may waive the road test requirements for
 certain classes of applicants. The commissioner shall have the power  to
 establish a program to allow persons other than employees of the depart-
 ment  to  conduct  road tests in representative vehicles when such tests
 are required for applicants to obtain a class A, B or C license.  If she
 chooses to do so, she shall set forth her reasons in writing and conduct
 a public hearing on the matter. She shall only establish such a  program
 after holding the public hearing.
   (d) The commissioner shall make available for distribution upon regis-
 tration  at  each location where the pre-licensing course will be given,
 instructional handbooks outlining the content of the  entire  curriculum
 of  the  pre-licensing  course  including the information required to be
 included in the course pursuant to paragraphs (c),  (c-1)  [and],  (c-2)
 AND  (C-3)  of this subdivision. The commissioner shall also provide for
 the additional training of the instructors necessary for  the  competent
 instruction  of the alcohol and drug education [and], "Road Rage" aware-
 ness [and], "Work Zone Safety" awareness AND "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY"  AWARE-
 NESS subject matters of the pre-licensing course.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become  a law provided that, effective immediately, the
 commissioner of motor vehicles is authorized to  promulgate  such  rules
 and  regulations  as  he  or  she  deems  necessary  to  effectuate  the
 provisions of this act on such date.

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