BILL NUMBER: S1080

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

 
PURPOSE:

To increase the penalties for passing a stopped school bus.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law to include a new subparagraph (xviii) which
provides for a sixty day suspension of an individual's driver license
when the holder is convicted two or more times of passing a stopped
school bus within a period of 18 months.

Section 2: Effective date.

              

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Current law provides that an individual convicted two or more times of
speeding in a construction zone be subject to a sixty day suspension of
his or her driver license. Passing a stopped school bus two or more
times however, does not currently carry such a penalty. There is no
doubt that passing a stopped school bus possesses as much, if not more,
risk to life and limb as speeding in a construction zone and thus should
have congruous penalties.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2011 - S1878, passed Senate

2013 - S1878 passed Senate

2016 - S1634 passed Senate

2017 - 2018 - S1064A passed Senate

2020 - S4017, Referred to Transportation

2022 - S1636, Referred to Local Government

Assembly

2011 -A 2191 Referred to Transportation

2013 - A6610 Referred to Transportation

2016 - A10078 Referred to Transportation

2017 - 2018- A719 Referred to Codes

2020 - A2246 Referred to Codes
2022 - A3644, Referred to Local Government

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law.