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Assembly Bill A3029

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits passengers under the age of twenty-one in a car with a driver having a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit or license unless the passengers are related

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2009-A3029 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง501-b, V & T L

2009-A3029 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits passengers under the age of twenty-one in a car with a driver having a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit or license unless the passengers are related.

2009-A3029 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3029

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
  passengers under the age of twenty-one in a car with a driver having a
  class DJ or class MJ learner's permit or license unless the passengers
  are related

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 and paragraph (b) of  subdi-
vision  2  of  section 501-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
chapter 644 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
  (c) operate a motor vehicle with [more than two] NO passengers who are
under the age of twenty-one and who are not  members  of  such  holder's
immediate family, provided, however, that the provisions of this subpar-
agraph  shall  not  apply  when  such  holder  is  accompanied by a duly
licensed parent, guardian, person in a position of loco parentis, driver
education teacher or driving school instructor;
  (b) with [more than two] NO passengers who are under the age of  twen-
ty-one  and  who  are  not  members  of  such holder's immediate family,
provided, however, that the provisions of this  subparagraph  shall  not
apply when such holder is accompanied by a duly licensed parent, guardi-
an,  person  in a position of loco parentis, driver education teacher or
driving school instructor.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05491-01-9

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