Senate Bill S5781A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the pre-licensing course to operate a motor vehicle to include information on organ and tissue donation and how to register as an organ donor

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  • 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-S5781 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7549
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7504, A10338
2019-2020: S5368, A6227
2021-2022: S5509
2023-2024: S2739

2017-S5781 - Summary

Requires the pre-licensing course to operate a motor vehicle to include information on organ and tissue donation and how to register as an organ donor.

2017-S5781 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5781 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5781
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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 97  of
 the laws of 2016, 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", or "Work Zone Safe-
 ty"  awareness as defined by the commissioner, the law relating to exer-
 cising due care to avoid colliding with a parked,  stopped  or  standing
 authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle pursuant to section elev-
 en hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, the ability to read and compre-
 hend traffic signs and symbols and such other matters as the commission-
 er  may prescribe, and to satisfactorily 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  INFORMA-
 TION 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 result-
 ing from violations of section eleven hundred ninety-two of  this  chap-
 ter, prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influ-
 ence  of  alcohol  or drugs. Such test shall include one or more written
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S5781A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7549
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7504, A10338
2019-2020: S5368, A6227
2021-2022: S5509
2023-2024: S2739

2017-S5781A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the pre-licensing course to operate a motor vehicle to include information on organ and tissue donation and how to register as an organ donor.

2017-S5781A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5781A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5781--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HANNON, CARLUCCI -- 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
   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 97  of
 the laws of 2016, 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", or "Work Zone Safe-
 ty"  awareness as defined by the commissioner, the law relating to exer-
 cising due care to avoid colliding with a parked,  stopped  or  standing
 authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle pursuant to section elev-
 en hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, the ability to read and compre-
 hend traffic signs and symbols and such other matters as the commission-
 er  may prescribe, and to satisfactorily 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  INFORMA-
 TION 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 result-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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