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                                  6065

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  permitting
  holders  of  class DJ and class MJ licenses to drive to volunteer fire
  and ambulance activities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of section 501 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as added by chapter 449 of the laws of 1989, the subdivision  head-
ing  and  the  first undesignated paragraph as amended by chapter 173 of
the laws of 1990, subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) as amended by chap-
ter 644 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  3. Restrictions on use of class DJ and class MJ licenses. A  class  DJ
or  class  MJ  license  shall  permit the holder to operate a vehicle in
accordance with the following restrictions:
  (a) in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk:
  (i) for the purpose of driving to and from  a  state-approved  cooper-
ative  work-study educational program, or to or from an approved program
for credit in a post-secondary institution, or to or  from  a  state-ap-
proved  registered  evening high school or while engaged in farm employ-
ment, or to or from an approved driver education course; or
  (ii) from five o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in the  evening,
to  and from a place of business where the holder is regularly employed,
or when accompanied by a duly licensed parent,  guardian,  person  in  a
position  of  loco parentis, driver education teacher, or driving school
instructor.
  (b) in all other areas of the state, except for the city of New York:
  (i) from five o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in  the  evening;
or
  (ii)  from  nine o'clock in the evening to five o'clock in the morning
when going to or from school, or to or from a place  of  business  where

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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the  holder  is employed on a regularly scheduled basis, OR TO OR FROM A
FIRE, ALARM OF FIRE, ACCIDENT OR ALARM OF ACCIDENT FOR THE PROVISION  OF
VOLUNTEER FIRE OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICES, or when accompanied by a
duly  licensed parent, guardian or one in a position of loco parentis to
the licensee.
  (c) in the city of New York, driving shall be prohibited.
  (d) for the purpose of this subdivision, the term "school" shall  mean
instruction,  education or training licensed or approved by a department
or agency of the state or training conducted by the armed forces of  the
United States except it shall not include extra-curricular activities or
social events for which scholastic credits are not given.
  (e) any person operating a motor vehicle to or from school [or], to or
from  a  place of business OR TO OR FROM PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTEER FIRE
OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICES as authorized by this  subdivision  must
possess  documentation signed by such person's instructor [or], employer
OR VOLUNTEER FIRE OR AMBULANCE COMPANY. The commissioner shall, by regu-
lation, prescribe the form and content of such documentation.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.