S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6156--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 15, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, JOHNS, BARCLAY, PALMESANO, CERETTO,
DUPREY, TENNEY, HAWLEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY,
CROUCH, FINCH, KATZ, MAGEE, TITONE -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Trans-
portation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the estab-
lishment of standards for the permanent revocation of a license or
operating privileges for persistent vehicle and traffic law offenders
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
12. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH BY RULE, STANDARDS FOR THE
PERMANENT REVOCATION OF DRIVING PRIVILEGES FOR OPERATORS WHO HAVE BEEN
DEEMED TO HAVE ACCUMULATED AN UNACCEPTABLE NUMBER OF SERIOUS MOTOR VEHI-
CLE OFFENSES WITHIN ESTABLISHED TIME FRAMES WHICH SHALL BE CALCULATED IN
INCREMENTS OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. THE TERM "SERIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE
OFFENSE" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
(I) A CONVICTION FOR VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OR
SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO-A OF THIS CHAPTER AND ANY VIOLATION OF
ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR WHICH REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF
A LICENSE OR OPERATING PRIVILEGES IS MANDATORY, INCLUDING FAILURE TO
SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR
OF THIS CHAPTER;
(II) A CONVICTION FOR A FELONY, CLASS A OR UNCLASSIFIED MISDEMEANOR
SET FORTH IN THIS CHAPTER INVOLVING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE,
EXCEPT FOR THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED
ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(III) A CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN-D OF
THIS ARTICLE;
(IV) CONVICTION OF ANY VIOLATION FOR WHICH REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF
A LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGES IS MANDATORY PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER;
(V) CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY OR ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PENAL LAW INVOLVING THE
OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; AND
(VI) ANY OTHER VIOLATION DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE A SERI-
OUS MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSE, PURSUANT TO ADOPTION BY RULE.
B. THE RULE FOR ADOPTION OF THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH A OF
THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CRITERIA FOR A
SINGLE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESTORATION OF A RESTRICTED LICENSE OR OPERATING
PRIVILEGES AFTER A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF
THE IMPOSITION OF A PERMANENT REVOCATION AND FULL OPERATING PRIVILEGES
AFTER A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS. SUCH CRITERIA SHALL, AT MINI-
MUM, REQUIRE THE ABSENCE OF: (I) ANY VIOLATION OF ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF
THIS CHAPTER, INCLUDING FAILURE TO SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST PURSUANT TO
SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER; (II) ANY VIOLATION
OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE; (III) ANY VIOLATION OF
ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY OR ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE
PENAL LAW INVOLVING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; OR (IV) ANY
VIOLATION OF THIS CHAPTER RESULTING IN PERSONAL INJURY TO A THIRD PARTY;
AND SHALL CONSIDER FAIRNESS, REHABILITATIVE EFFORT AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH CRITERIA. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET
FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH, ANY SUCH RULE SHALL NOT BE INCONSISTENT WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE (B) OF SUBPARAGRAPH TWELVE OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF
SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER
RELATED TO PERMANENT REVOCATION FOR MULTIPLE ALCOHOL-RELATED OFFENSES.
S 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
511 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 169 of the
laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(iii) commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a
motor vehicle in the third degree as defined in subdivision one of this
section; and is operating a motor vehicle while under permanent revoca-
tion as set forth in subparagraph twelve of paragraph (b) of subdivision
two of section eleven hundred ninety-three of this chapter OR PURSUANT
TO RULE OF THE COMMISSIONER AS AUTHORIZED BY SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF
SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE; or
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.