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Assembly Bill A5974

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that persons under 18 years of age charged with a traffic violation must appear in court with a parent or guardian to answer the charge

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2009-A5974 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1811
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง229, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5251
2013-2014: A3297
2015-2016: A2839
2017-2018: A7483

2009-A5974 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that persons under 18 years of age charged with a traffic violation must appear in court with a parent or guardian to answer the charge.

2009-A5974 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5974

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. TITONE, TOBACCO -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  that  persons  who  are under eighteen years of age and charged with a
  traffic violation must appear in court with a parent or guardian

  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 229 to read as follows:
  S 229. APPEARANCES BY MINORS. ANY PERSON WHO  IS  LESS  THAN  EIGHTEEN
YEARS OF AGE AND WHO IS CHARGED WITH VIOLATING A PROVISION OF THIS CHAP-
TER MAY NOT MAKE ANY COURT APPEARANCE UNLESS HE OR SHE IS ACCOMPANIED BY
HIS OR HER PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN. SUCH PERSON MAY NOT MAKE AN APPEAR-
ANCE  BY MAIL. IF SUCH PERSON IS REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY, SUCH PERSON
AND HIS OR HER PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST ACCOMPANY THE  ATTORNEY  TO  EACH
AND EVERY COURT APPEARANCE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall  have  become  a  law, provided that the commissioner of motor
vehicles is immediately authorized and  directed  to  promulgate,  amend
and/or  repeal  any  rules  and  regulations  necessary to implement the
provisions of this act on its effective date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08355-01-9

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