Assembly Bill A8275

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the distribution of information in the pre-licensing course to operate a motor vehicle on how to register as an organ and tissue donor

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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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2023-A8275 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2739
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7504
2017-2018: S5781
2019-2020: S5368
2021-2022: S5509

2023-A8275 - Summary

Requires the distribution of information in the pre-licensing course to operate a motor vehicle on how to register as an organ and tissue donor.

2023-A8275 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8275
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   the pre-licensing course to include information on  organ  and  tissue
   donation and how to register as an organ donor

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.   Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  4  of
 section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 379 of
 the laws of 2022, 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", "Work Zone Safety"
 awareness, "Motorcycle Safety" awareness and "Pedestrian  and  Bicyclist
 Safety"  awareness  as  defined by the commissioner, "School Bus Safety"
 awareness, 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
 thereof, AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION
 AND HOW TO REGISTER AS AN ORGAN DONOR.  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  consequences resulting from violations of section
 eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, prohibiting the operation  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03920-01-3

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2023-A8275A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2739
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7504
2017-2018: S5781
2019-2020: S5368
2021-2022: S5509

2023-A8275A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the distribution of information in the pre-licensing course to operate a motor vehicle on how to register as an organ and tissue donor.

2023-A8275A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8275--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BERGER,  THIELE,  HEVESI, ANDERSON, ZACCARO,
   SILLITTI, FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transpor-
   tation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance
   with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- 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 requiring
   distribution of information in the  pre-licensing  course  on  how  to
   register as an organ and tissue donor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 379 of the laws of  2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (d)  (I)  The  commissioner shall make available for distribution upon
 registration at each location where the  pre-licensing  course  will  be
 given[,] (1) 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),
 (c-2), (c-3), (c-4) and (c-5) of this subdivision, AND  (2)  INFORMATION
 AS  TO  HOW A PERSON MAY REGISTER IN THE NEW YORK STATE ORGAN AND TISSUE
 DONOR REGISTRY UNDER SECTION  FORTY-THREE  HUNDRED  TEN  OF  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH LAW.
   (II)   The commissioner shall also provide for the additional training
 of the instructors necessary for the competent instruction of the  alco-
 hol and drug education, "Road Rage" awareness, "Work Zone Safety" aware-
 ness,  "Motorcycle  Safety" awareness, "School Bus Safety" awareness and
 "Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety" awareness subject matters of the  pre-
 licensing course.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03920-02-4

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