Assembly Bill A2763

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the penalty for certain traffic violations when such violations arise out of the same incident as a conviction for failure to move over and when such violations occurred in a work zone

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A2763 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1225-c & 1225-d, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10080
2021-2022: A4223

2023-A2763 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Doubles the penalties for use of mobile telephones and use of portable electronic devices when such violations arise out of the same incident as a conviction for failure to move over and when such violations occurred in a work zone.

2023-A2763 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2763
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TAGUE, DeSTEFANO, DURSO -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
   the penalty for certain traffic violations when such violations  arise
   out  of the same incident as a conviction for failure to move over and
   when such violations occurred in a work zone
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by section 6 of part B of chapter  55  of  the  laws  of
 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   4. (A) A violation of subdivision two of this section shall be a traf-
 fic  infraction and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than fifty
 dollars nor more than two hundred dollars upon  conviction  of  a  first
 violation;  upon  conviction  of  a second violation, both of which were
 committed within a period of eighteen months, such  violation  shall  be
 punished  by  a  fine  of  not less than fifty dollars nor more than two
 hundred  fifty  dollars;  upon  conviction  of  a  third  or  subsequent
 violation,  all  of  which  were  committed  within a period of eighteen
 months, such violation shall be punished by a  fine  of  not  less  than
 fifty dollars nor more than four hundred fifty dollars.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION ARISING OUT  OF  THE
 SAME  INCIDENT AS A CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 FORTY-FOUR-A OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE A TRAFFIC INFRACTION  AND  SHALL  BE
 PUNISHABLE  BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN
 FOUR  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  UPON  CONVICTION  OF  A  FIRST  VIOLATION;  UPON
 CONVICTION  OF A SECOND VIOLATION, BOTH OF WHICH WERE COMMITTED WITHIN A
 PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS, SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF
 NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS;
 UPON  CONVICTION  OF  A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION, ALL OF WHICH WERE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05808-01-3

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