Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S4166

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to driver safety courses

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

Votes

co-Sponsors

2009-S4166 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6808
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §604, add §604-a, V & T L

2009-S4166 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to driver safety courses for persons who commit a traffic infraction or misdemeanor.

2009-S4166 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4166 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4166

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. FLANAGAN, VOLKER -- 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
  certain drivers attend a mandatory driver safety course

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

  Section 1. Section 604 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  S 604. Reports;  contents;  preparation;  distribution;  filing.    1.
Reports of accidents required under [the preceding] section SIX  HUNDRED
THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, or under the rules and regulations of the commis-
sioner,  shall  be  upon  forms  prepared by him OR HER and contain such
information as he OR SHE shall prescribe.  Blank forms for such  reports
shall be printed by the commissioner and a supply sent to all city, town
and village clerks and to the chief officer of every city police depart-
ment for general distribution and use as [herein] provided IN THIS ARTI-
CLE.
  2.  FORMS  PREPARED  BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR USE IN ACCIDENT REPORTING
SHALL CONTAIN A SECTION TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF CARELESSNESS OR RECKLESS-
NESS OF THE DRIVER OR DRIVERS. THE COMMISSIONER, PURSUANT TO REGULATION,
SHALL DETERMINE WHAT LEVEL OF CARELESSNESS OR RECKLESSNESS SHALL REQUIRE
ATTENDANCE AT A MANDATORY DRIVER SAFETY COURSE PURSUANT TO  SECTION  SIX
HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
  3.  Reports  of  accidents, required under [the preceding] section SIX
HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, shall be  sent  to  and  filed  with  the
commissioner  at  the main office of the bureau of motor vehicles in the
city of Albany, except as otherwise provided  by  the  rules  and  regu-
lations of the commissioner.
  S  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
604-a to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06722-01-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.