Senate Bill S1064

2017-2018 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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2017-S1064 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1174 & 510, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3099
2013-2014: S1878
2015-2016: S1634
2019-2020: S4017
2021-2022: S1636
2023-2024: S1080

2017-S1064 - Summary

Requires suspension of a driver's license for a period of 60 days when a driver is convicted of passing a stopped school bus twice in 18 months.

2017-S1064 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1064 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1064
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BONACIC,  FELDER, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, LARKIN -- 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 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.
   § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of  the  vehicle  and
 traffic  law  is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to read as
 follows:
   (XVIII) FOR A PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS WHERE THE HOLDER  IS  CONVICTED  OF
 TWO  OR  MORE VIOLATIONS WITHIN A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS OF SUBDIVISION (A)
 OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2017-S1064A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1174 & 510, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3099
2013-2014: S1878
2015-2016: S1634
2019-2020: S4017
2021-2022: S1636
2023-2024: S1080

2017-S1064A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires suspension of a driver's license for a period of 60 days when a driver is convicted of passing a stopped school bus twice in 18 months.

2017-S1064A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1064A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1064--A
     Cal. No. 142
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. BONACIC, FELDER, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, JACOBS, KENNEDY,
   LARKIN, MARCHIONE, PHILLIPS, RITCHIE, SERINO -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
   portation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accord-
   ance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  -- reported favorably from said
   committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
   reading,  passed  by  Senate  and delivered to the Assembly, recalled,
   vote reconsidered, restored to  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 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. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle
 and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to  read
 as follows:
   (XVIII)  FOR A PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS WHERE THE HOLDER IS CONVICTED OF A
 VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  WITHIN A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF A
 PREVIOUS VIOLATION OF SUCH SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03745-05-8



              

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