Assembly Bill A10697

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides for doubling the fine for a moving violation occurring within a quarter mile radius of a primary or secondary school or 200 yards of a school in N.Y. city

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A10697 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S935
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§142-a, 1229-e & 1229-f, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S596
2013-2014: A1846, S1517

2011-A10697 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for doubling the fine for certain moving violations occurring within school safety zones: a quarter mile radius of a primary or secondary school or 200 yards of a school in NYC; doubles the fines during school hours; requires local governments to post signs prescribed by the commissioner of transportation; requires establishment of maximum speed limits in school safety zones to be done in consultation with local governments and police.

2011-A10697 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10697

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 15, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gibson) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
  the school safety zone act

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

  Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as the "school
safety zone act".
  S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
142-a to read as follows:
  S  142-A. SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE. THE AREA OR SPACE INCLUDED WITHIN A ONE-
QUARTER MILE RADIUS OF A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY  SCHOOL;  EXCEPT  THAT  IN
CITIES COMPRISING MORE THAN ONE COUNTY, SUCH RADIUS SHALL BE TWO HUNDRED
YARDS.
  S 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new sections
1229-e and 1229-f to read as follows:
  S  1229-E.  FINES  DOUBLED WITHIN SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE. 1. THE OTHERWISE
APPLICABLE FINE OR RANGE OF FINES FOR THE COMMISSION OF A MOVING TRAFFIC
VIOLATION PROHIBITED UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS TITLE WITHIN  A  SCHOOL
SAFETY ZONE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO-A OF THIS CHAP-
TER, DURING POSTED SCHOOL HOURS SHALL BE DOUBLED.
  2.  THE  (A) GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE IN WHICH ANY
SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE IS LOCATED IN EVERY COUNTY NOT WHOLLY CONTAINED WITH-
IN A CITY AND (B) LOCAL COMMUNITY BOARD OF ANY CITY COMPRISING MORE THAN
ONE COUNTY SHALL OBTAIN FROM THE  SCHOOL  AUTHORITIES  OF  EVERY  SCHOOL
BUILDING  IN  A SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS
THE SCHOOL HOURS OF EACH SUCH  SCHOOL  BUILDING.  SUCH  HOURS  SHALL  BE
INCORPORATED  INTO  THE SIGNS POSTED AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND PRESCRIPTION
OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION TO DESIGNATE SCHOOL SAFETY ZONES.
  3. FOR ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SECTION,  FIFTY
PERCENT OF THE INCREASED FINE REVENUE GENERATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
SHALL  BE  RETAINED, DEDICATED OR REMITTED TO THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH
CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE TO PAY FOR THE SIGNAGE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDI-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04928-04-2
              

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