Increases the penalties for overtaking and passing a school bus; provides that for the first conviction a person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $350 nor more than $500; provides that for a second conviction a person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $800; also provides that for a third conviction a person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $800 nor more than $1000.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10636
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 10, 2016
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Dilan) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
the penalties for passing a school bus with its red lights illuminated
indicating that it is picking up or discharging students
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 1174 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by chapter 254 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read
as follows:
(c) Every person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of this
section shall: for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
not less than [two hundred fifty] THREE HUNDRED FIFTY dollars nor more
than [four] FIVE hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a conviction of a
second violation, both of which were committed within a period of three
years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than [six]
FIVE hundred dollars nor more than [seven hundred fifty] EIGHT HUNDRED
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or
by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction of a third or
subsequent violation, all of which were committed within a period of
three years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than
[seven hundred fifty] EIGHT HUNDRED dollars nor more than one thousand
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06758-01-5
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