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Assembly Bill A4179

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases the number of supervised driving hours required prior to the issuance of a class DJ or class MJ license

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2009-A4179 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง502, V & T L

2009-A4179 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of supervised driving hours required prior to the issuance of a class DJ or class MJ license or a limited class DJ or class MJ license from twenty hours to fifty hours; further requires at least fifteen of such hours to be during the period of sunset from nine o'clock in the evening.

2009-A4179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4179

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GALEF, GLICK, FIELDS, SPANO, TOBACCO, TITONE,
  HOOPER, CLARK, GUNTHER, CORWIN, CALHOUN, ALFANO -- Multi-Sponsored  by
  --  M.  of A. BARRA, CARROZZA, COLTON, COOK, CROUCH, DINOWITZ, ERRIGO,
  GREENE, JOHN, LATIMER, LUPARDO, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT,  MILL-
  ER,  MILLMAN, PHEFFER, ROBINSON, SAYWARD, SWEENEY, WALKER, WEISENBERG,
  WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
  the number of supervised driving hours and conditions relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 502 of the  vehi-
cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 644 of the laws of 2002, is
amended to read as follows:
  (d) An applicant for a class DJ  or  MJ  license  shall  be  at  least
sixteen  years  of age and such applicant must submit written consent to
the issuance of such license by the applicant's parent or guardian. Upon
receipt of withdrawal of such consent,  any  class  DJ  or  MJ  license,
learner's  permit or license application shall be cancelled. No class DJ
or MJ license or limited class DJ or MJ license shall be  issued  unless
the applicant presents, at the time of the road test administered pursu-
ant  to paragraph (b) of subdivision four of section five hundred two of
this article, a written certification by the applicant's parent or guar-
dian that such applicant has operated a motor vehicle for no  less  than
[twenty]  FIFTY  hours  under  the  immediate supervision of a person as
authorized pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a)  or  paragraph
(b)  of  subdivision five of section five hundred one of this article, a
driver education teacher pursuant to section eight hundred six-a of  the
education  law  or  a  driving school instructor pursuant to subdivision
seven-a of section three hundred ninety-four of this chapter.    OF  THE
FIFTY HOURS REQUIRED TO BE SUPERVISED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH NO LESS
THAN  FIFTEEN SHALL BE AFTER SUNSET AND BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK IN THE EVEN-
ING.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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