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Assembly Bill A9511

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to imposing points on a person's license for failing to wear a safety belt

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2015-A9511 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1229-c, V & T L

2015-A9511 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes points on a person's license for a second violation and any subsequent violation of failing to wear a safety belt.

2015-A9511 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9511

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 10, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  imposing
  points on a person's license for failing to wear a safety belt

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

  Section 1. Section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
  14. EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF A SECOND VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION,  AND
FOR  EACH SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION THEREAFTER, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A PENALTY
IN THE FORM OF AT  LEAST  TWO  POINTS  AGAINST  SUCH  PERSON'S  DRIVER'S
LICENSE.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.  The  commissioner  of
motor  vehicles  shall promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary
to effectuate the implementation of this act and shall assign points for
violations of subdivision 14 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and  traf-
fic law as added by section one of this act.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13864-03-6

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