Assembly Bill A8232

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the city of New York to establish the New York city school safety fund

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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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2019-A8232 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6440
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §19-904, NYC Ad Cd; amd §1174, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5266
2023-2024: A3141

2019-A8232 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the city of New York to establish the New York city school safety fund, which transfers fines collected from the city's photo speed violation monitoring program and fines from the overpassing of stopped school buses to the fund to be used for school initiatives relating to the safe travel of students.

2019-A8232 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8232
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
   vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring the city of New York
   to establish the New York city school safety fund

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  19-904 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
   F. 1. THE CITY SHALL ESTABLISH A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEW YORK CITY
 SCHOOL SAFETY FUND. ANY FINES OR MONIES COLLECTED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 19-903  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  EXCEPT  FOR  ANY MONIES PENDING A PROCEEDING
 BEFORE OATH, SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO SUCH FUND. UPON  A  FINAL  DETERMI-
 NATION  OF  A PROCEEDING BEFORE OATH, ANY FINES OR MONIES REQUIRED TO BE
 PAID BY THE LIABLE PARTY SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO SUCH FUND.
   2. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTA-
 TION, AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER TO FUND SCHOOL INITIATIVES RELATING TO
 THE SAFE TRAVEL OF STUDENTS,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  FUNDING
 CROSSING  GUARDS,  MAINTAINING  CROSSWALKS, ADDING AND MAINTAINING SIDE-
 WALKS, INSTALLING STOP SIGNS, AND UPGRADING INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND SCHOOL
 PROPERTY.
   3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE  GENERAL  FUND
 OF  THE  CITY.  SUCH  MONIES  SHALL  ONLY BE BORROWED FOR OTHER PURPOSES
 RELATING TO THE CITY ONLY UPON APPROVAL FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
   § 2. Section 1174 of vehicle and traffic law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision (c-1) to read as follows:
   (C-1)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 FINES OR MONIES COLLECTED IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF  ONE  MILLION
 OR  MORE  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEPOSITED
 INTO THE NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL SAFETY FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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