Senate Bill S3573

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for the establishment of standards for the permanent revocation of a license or operating privileges for persistent vehicle and traffic law offenders

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • 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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2017-S3573 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§510 & 511, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6625
2015-2016: S1869

2017-S3573 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the establishment of standards for the permanent revocation of a license or operating privileges for persistent vehicle and traffic law offenders.

2017-S3573 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3573 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3573
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- 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  the  estab-
   lishment  of  standards  for  the permanent revocation of a license or
   operating privileges for persistent vehicle and traffic law offenders

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  510 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH BY  RULE,  STANDARDS  FOR  THE
 PERMANENT  REVOCATION  OF DRIVING PRIVILEGES FOR OPERATORS WHO HAVE BEEN
 DEEMED TO HAVE ACCUMULATED AN UNACCEPTABLE NUMBER OF SERIOUS MOTOR VEHI-
 CLE OFFENSES WITHIN ESTABLISHED TIME FRAMES WHICH SHALL BE CALCULATED IN
 INCREMENTS OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. THE TERM "SERIOUS MOTOR  VEHICLE
 OFFENSE" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) A CONVICTION FOR VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OR
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO-A OF THIS CHAPTER AND ANY VIOLATION OF
 ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR WHICH REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF
 A  LICENSE  OR  OPERATING  PRIVILEGES IS MANDATORY, INCLUDING FAILURE TO
 SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR
 OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (II) A CONVICTION FOR A FELONY, CLASS A  OR  UNCLASSIFIED  MISDEMEANOR
 SET  FORTH  IN  THIS CHAPTER INVOLVING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE,
 EXCEPT FOR THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED
 ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (III) A CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF
 THIS ARTICLE;
   (IV) CONVICTION OF ANY VIOLATION FOR WHICH REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF
 A LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGES IS MANDATORY PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06381-01-7

              

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