Assembly Bill A8979

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to driver education

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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-A8979 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9360
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §507, V & T L

2023-A8979 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds courses at a licensed New York state driving school approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles to the list of driver education providers.

2023-A8979 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8979
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and  traffic  law,  in  relation  to  driver
   education
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 507 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as separately amended by chapters 229 and 230 of the laws of 2020,
 is amended to read as follows:
   1. Driver education. Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  this
 article,  a class D or class M license, whichever is appropriate, may be
 issued to a minor seventeen years of age who has successfully  completed
 a driver education course approved by the state education department and
 the  commissioner in a high school or college OR APPROVED BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER FOR A COURSE AT A LICENSED NEW YORK STATE DRIVING SCHOOL and  who
 has  submitted  proof  of  completion of the minimum hours of supervised
 driving as required in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of section  five
 hundred  two  of  this  article; provided however, the Yeshiva of Staten
 Island, which operates as a high school, may  provide  driver  education
 courses at the Arthur Kill Road Jewish Community Center of Staten Island
 and  the Manor Road Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, located in
 the county of Richmond; provided however, the Hebrew Academy  of  Nassau
 County,  a  unified  school  that  operates a high school, may provide a
 driver education course approved by the state education department in  a
 middle  school  or  elementary  school  location  provided  such  course
 instruction occurs when elementary or middle school is not  in  session.
 No  such driver education course may be approved unless classroom train-
 ing is provided by a person approved by the state  education  department
 and  the  commissioner. However, a school district may contract with one
 or more licensed drivers' schools to provide behind the wheel  training,
 pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner. The commission-
 er  shall  prescribe  the  requirements  for licensing of such minors. A
 student enrolled in such an approved driver education course may operate
 a motor vehicle without holding a driver's license or a learner's permit
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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