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                                   4027
 
                        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. BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state  finance  law,
   in  relation  to  establishing  the  reckless driving prevention grant
   program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
 section 224-b to read as follows:
   § 224-B. RECKLESS DRIVING  PREVENTION  GRANT  PROGRAM.    1.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "ELIGIBLE  ENTITY"  MEANS  A MUNICIPAL LAW
 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR PROSECUTING OFFICE.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  ESTABLISH  THE  RECKLESS  DRIVING  PREVENTION
 GRANT  PROGRAM  TO  AWARD  GRANTS  TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES FOR ENFORCEMENT,
 INVESTIGATION, PREVENTION AND PROSECUTORIAL ACTIVITIES WITH  THE  OBJEC-
 TIVE OF REDUCING THE FREQUENCY OF RECKLESS DRIVING AND SIMILARLY DANGER-
 OUS OPERATIONS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ESTABLISH  THE FORM AND MANNER IN WHICH AN
 ELIGIBLE ENTITY MAY APPLY FOR AWARDS THROUGH THE PROGRAM. SUCH  APPLICA-
 TION  SHALL  CONTAIN  ANY INFORMATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY REASONABLY
 REQUIRE AND A DESCRIPTION OF ANY PROJECTS OR  PROPOSALS  FOR  WHICH  THE
 ELIGIBLE ENTITY INTENDS TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS AWARDED.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING THE PROC-
 ESS  OF  GRANTING  AWARDS  AND  THE  TYPES  OF PROJECTS THAT QUALIFY FOR
 AWARDS.  SUCH GUIDELINES SHALL REQUIRE THAT ANY FUNDS  AWARDED  BE  USED
 FOR  PROJECTS  THAT  SEEK  TO  REDUCE THE OCCURRENCE OF RECKLESS DRIVING
 WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE ELIGIBLE ENTITY THROUGH IMPROVED ENFORCE-
 MENT AND PROSECUTION EFFORTS, PREVENTATIVE EDUCATION, INCREASED  USE  OF
 TRAFFIC  CONTROL  DEVICES,  OR ANY OTHER INITIATIVE WHICH MAY REASONABLY
 IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ss to
 read as follows:
   §  99-SS.  THE  RECKLESS  DRIVING  PREVENTION FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT  CUSTODY  OF  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A FUND KNOWN AS THE RECKLESS DRIV-
 ING PREVENTION FUND.
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF MONIES RECEIVED BY THE  STATE  FROM  ANY
 COURT  OF  THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
 NINE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW FOR  VIOLATIONS  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  SUCH  LAW, AND ALL OTHER FINES, FEES, GRANTS,
 BEQUESTS OR OTHER MONIES CREDITED, APPROPRIATED OR  TRANSFERRED  THERETO
 FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE.
   3. THE MONIES OF THE FUND, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE,
 SHALL  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  FOR  THE  GRANTS TO PREVENT RECKLESS DRIVING
 ESTABLISHED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED  TWENTY-FOUR-B  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND
 TRAFFIC LAW.
   4. THE MONIES OF THE FUND MADE AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE
 OF  THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID OUT ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF THE COMP-
 TROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE
 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. AT THE END OF EACH YEAR ANY MONIES REMAIN-
 ING  IN  THE  FUND SHALL BE RETAINED IN THE FUND AND SHALL NOT REVERT TO
 THE GENERAL FUND. THE INTEREST AND INCOME EARNED ON THE  MONIES  IN  THE
 FUND SHALL REMAIN IN THE FUND.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.