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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
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 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  increasing
   penalties for certain speed violations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision h of section 1180 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 6 of part C of chapter 62 of  the
 laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Every person convicted of a violation of paragraph two of subdivi-
 sion (d), subdivision (f) or (g) of this section shall  be  punished  as
 follows:
   (i)  Where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon
 which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable  speed  limit  by
 not  more  than  ten miles per hour, by a fine of not less than [ninety]
 ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE nor more than [one hundred  fifty]  TWO  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-FIVE dollars;
   (ii) Where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon
 which  the  conviction  was based exceeded the applicable speed limit by
 more than ten miles per hour, but not more than thirty miles  per  hour,
 by  a fine of not less than [one hundred eighty] TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY nor
 more than [three hundred] FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY dollars or by  imprisonment
 for  not  more  than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
 provided, however, that where the vehicle is either (A) in violation  of
 any  rules or regulations involving an out-of-service defect relating to
 brake systems, steering  components  and/or  coupling  devices,  or  (B)
 transporting  flammable  gas,  radioactive  materials or explosives, the
 fine shall be [three hundred] FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY dollars or imprisonment
 for not more than thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment;
   (iii) Where the court or tribunal records or  enters  that  the  speed
 upon  which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable speed limit
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 by more than thirty miles per hour, by a fine of not  less  than  [three
 hundred  sixty]  FIVE  HUNDRED  FORTY  nor  more than [six] NINE hundred
 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such
 fine  and  imprisonment,  provided,  however,  that where the vehicle is
 either (A) in violation of any rules or regulations involving an out-of-
 service defect relating to brake  systems,  steering  components  and/or
 coupling devices, or (B) transporting flammable gas, radioactive materi-
 als  or  explosives,  the  fine  shall  be [six] NINE hundred dollars or
 imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both such fine and impri-
 sonment.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.