S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5535
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 27, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, TITONE, ORTIZ, GLICK, HOOPER, McDONOUGH,
LAVINE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, COOK, DUPREY, GUNTHER,
MARKEY, PEOPLES-STOKES, RAIA, THIELE -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to signage for
persons driving under a learner's permit
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 501-b of the vehicle and traffic
law, as added by chapter 644 of the laws of 2002, paragraphs (c) and (d)
as amended by chapter 403 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
1. In addition to the restrictions contained in subdivision five of
section five hundred one of this article, no holder of a class DJ or
class MJ learner's permit shall:
(a) operate a motor vehicle with any front seat occupants other than
the supervising driver;
(b) operate a motor vehicle unless every occupant of such vehicle is
properly restrained by a safety belt or child safety seat in accordance
with the provisions of subdivision three-a of section twelve hundred
twenty-nine-c of this chapter;
(c) operate a motor vehicle with more than one passenger who is under
the age of twenty-one and who is not a member of such holder's immediate
family, provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall
not apply when such holder is accompanied by a duly licensed parent,
guardian, person in a position of loco parentis, driver education teach-
er or driving school instructor;
(d) be eligible for issuance of a class DJ, MJ, D or M license unless
such permit has been valid for at least six months. Any time period in
which such class DJ or MJ learner's permit has been suspended or revoked
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00057-01-5
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shall not be counted in determining the length of time that such
learner's permit has been valid;
(E) OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT A SIGN, VISIBLE TO BOTH ONCOMING
AND FOLLOWING TRAFFIC, INDICATING THAT SUCH VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN BY A
NEW DRIVER. SUCH SIGN SHALL BE IN SUCH FORM AND DISTRIBUTED IN SUCH
MANNER AS PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER UPON ISSUANCE OF SUCH LEARNER'S
PERMIT.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.