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Senate Bill S6118

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that courts advise violators of the traffic law of their trial dates by first class mail

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2009-S6118 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9146
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1806, V & T L

2009-S6118 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that courts advise volators of the traffic law of their trial dates by first class mail upon a plea of not guilty; removes the requirement that violators first appear in court to be issued a trial date.

2009-S6118 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6118 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6118

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             August 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  receiving
  trial dates in the mail

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

  Section 1. Section 1806 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended  by
section  1  of  part TT of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
read as follows:
  S 1806. Plea of not guilty by  a  defendant  charged  with  a  traffic
infraction.  In  addition to appearing personally to enter a plea of not
guilty to a violation of any provision of the tax law or the transporta-
tion law  regulating  traffic,  or  to  a  traffic  infraction  for  the
violation  of any of the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law or of
any local law, ordinance, order, rule  or  regulation  relating  to  the
operation of motor vehicles or motorcycles, a defendant may enter a plea
of  not  guilty  by mailing to the court of appropriate jurisdiction the
ticket making the charge and a signed statement  indicating  such  plea.
Such  plea  must  be  sent:  (a) by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested or by first class mail;  and  (b)  within  forty-eight
hours  after  receiving  such  ticket.  Upon  receipt of such ticket and
statement, the court shall advise the violator of  [an  appearance]  THE
TRIAL  date  by first class mail but no warrant of arrest for failure to
appear can be issued until the violator is  notified  of  a  new  [court
appearance]  TRIAL  date by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, and fails to appear.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14617-01-9

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