Senate Bill S2739A

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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Current Bill Status Via A8275 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S2739 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8275
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-S2739 - 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-S2739 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2739 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2739
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed 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-S2739A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8275
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-S2739A (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-S2739A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2739A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2739--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   recommitted to the Committee  on  Transportation  in  accordance  with
   Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- 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.
                                                            LBD03920-03-4

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