Senate Bill S6440

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City Education Committee

  • 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-S6440 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8232
Current Committee:
Senate New York City Education
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-S6440 (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-S6440 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6440 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6440
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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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