The New York State Senate

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                                  10078

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 10, 2016
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Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, CUSICK -- 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 stopped school bus

  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, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY IMPOSED BY THIS CHAPTER shall:
for  a  first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than
two hundred fifty dollars nor more  than  four  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 hundred dollars nor more than seven
hundred fifty 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 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.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle and
traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to  read  as
follows:
  (XVIII)  FOR  A  PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS WHERE THE HOLDER IS CONVICTED OF
TWO OR MORE VIOLATIONS WITHIN A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)
OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03103-01-5