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                                  6669

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 12, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  OAKS, BARCLAY, CROUCH, HAWLEY, JORDAN, KOLB,
  MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FINCH, McDONOUGH  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to suspension
  of licenses for failure to answer summons and complaints of navigation
  laws

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 226 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, as amended by section 6 of part J of chapter 62  of
the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  If the person charged with the violation shall fail to answer the
summons as provided herein OR IF THE  PERSON  DISPOSES  OF  ANY  UNIFORM
NAVIGATION  SUMMONS  AND/OR  COMPLAINT  IN  ANY  MANNER  OTHER  THAN  AS
PRESCRIBED BY LAW, the commissioner may suspend such person's license or
driving privilege or, if the charge  involves  a  violation  of  section
three  hundred  eighty-five,  section  four  hundred one or section five
hundred eleven-a of this chapter by a registrant who was not the  opera-
tor of the vehicle, the registration of such vehicle or the privilege of
operation  of  any  motor  vehicle  owned  by  such  registrant  may  be
suspended, until such person shall answer as provided in subdivision two
of this section. If a person shall fail to appear at a hearing OR IF THE
PERSON DISPOSES OF ANY UNIFORM NAVIGATION SUMMONS  AND/OR  COMPLAINT  IN
ANY  MANNER  OTHER  THAN AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW, when such is provided for
pursuant to this section OR BY SECTION NINETEEN OF THE  NAVIGATION  LAW,
such  person's  license, or registration or privilege of operating or of
operation, as appropriate, may be  suspended  pending  appearance  at  a
subsequent  hearing,  or  the  disposition  of the charges involved. Any
suspension permitted by this subdivision, if already in effect,  may  be
terminated  or if not yet in effect, may be withdrawn or withheld, prior
to the disposition of the charges involved if such person  shall  appear

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04347-01-3
              

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and post security in the amount of forty dollars to guarantee his or her
appearance at any required hearing. The security posted pursuant to this
subdivision  shall  be returned upon appearance at the scheduled hearing
or  an  adjourned  hearing  which  results in a final disposition of the
charge, and otherwise shall be  forfeited.  If  a  suspension  has  been
imposed pursuant to this subdivision and the case is subsequently trans-
ferred pursuant to subdivision two of section two hundred twenty-five of
this  article,  such  suspension shall remain in effect until the person
answers the charges in the court to which the case was transferred.  Any
suspension  issued  pursuant  to  this paragraph shall be subject to the
provisions of paragraph (j-1) of subdivision two of section five hundred
three of this chapter.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.