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Senate Bill S1227

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the penalty for violating certain provisions requiring a stop at a railroad crossing

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2009-S1227 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง1170 & 502, V & T L

2009-S1227 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the penalty for violating certain provisions requiring a stop at a railroad crossing.

2009-S1227 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1227 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1227

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  THOMPSON,  C. JOHNSON,  ONORATO -- 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 penalty
  for violating certain provisions requiring a stop at a railroad cross-
  ing

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (c) of section 1170 of the vehi-
cle  and  traffic  law,  as added by chapter 430 of the laws of 1996, is
amended to read as follows:
  2. Any person convicted of a violation of this section resulting in an
accident which causes physical injury, as that term is defined  pursuant
to  subdivision nine of section 10.00 of the penal law, serious physical
injury, as that term is defined pursuant to subdivision ten  of  section
10.00 of the penal law, or death to another person, shall be guilty of a
[class E] felony AND SHALL BE SENTENCED TO A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF ONE
YEAR THEREFOR.
  S 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 502
of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of
2002, 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 ability to read and
comprehend traffic  signs  and  symbols,  THE  PENALTIES  FOR  VIOLATING
SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THIS CHAPTER PERTAINING TO OBEDIENCE
TO SIGNAL INDICATING APPROACH OF A TRAIN, and such other matters as  the
commissioner  may  prescribe,  and  to  satisfactorily complete a course

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04699-01-9

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