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Assembly Bill A3437

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides an exemption from suspension of driver's license for persons serving on fulltime active military duty

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2013-A3437 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1806-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2644
2011-2012: A2601
2015-2016: A5732
2017-2018: A5595
2019-2020: A5539
2021-2022: A5648
2023-2024: A5399
2025-2026: A3258

2013-A3437 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides exemption from suspension of a driver's license for persons serving fulltime active military duty who fail to pay fines from traffic or parking violations.

2013-A3437 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3437

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 25, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. RABBITT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH,
  DUPREY,  GIGLIO,  OAKS  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
  Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing an
  exemption from suspension of a driver's license for persons serving on
  fulltime active military duty

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

  Section 1. Section 1806-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6.  IN  THE  EVENT  THAT  A PERSON CHARGED WITH A TRAFFIC VIOLATION OR
PARKING VIOLATION DOES NOT ANSWER WITHIN THE  TIME  SPECIFIED  AND  SUCH
CIRCUMSTANCE  RESULTS  IN  A DEFAULT JUDGMENT OF A FINE, AND SUCH PERSON
FAILS TO PAY SUCH FINE BECAUSE SUCH PERSON  SERVES  ON  FULLTIME  ACTIVE
MILITARY  DUTY,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  ONE  OF THE MILITARY LAW, THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT SUSPEND  SUCH  PERSON'S  LICENSE,  PROVIDED  SUCH
PERSON OR SUCH PERSON'S REPRESENTATIVE SUBMITS PROOF SATISFACTORY TO THE
COMMISSIONER  THAT  HE  OR SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY FORCES AND IS
ENGAGED IN FULLTIME ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. SUCH PERSON'S LICENSE SHALL BE
VALID FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS AFTER SUCH  PERSON'S  RELEASE  FROM  FULLTIME
ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05223-01-3

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