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Assembly Bill A7615A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to repeal the authorization of internet technologies as a training method for the administration and completion of approved accident prevention courses

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2015-A7615 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5290
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Chap 751 of 2005
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7076, S4973
2019-2020: A6427

2015-A7615 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to repeal the authorization of internet technologies as a training method for the administration and completion of approved accident prevention courses for the purposes of granting point and insurance premium reduction benefits and to return any unused funds from the accident prevention course internet technology pilot program fund to the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance.

2015-A7615 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7615

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 20, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT to amend chapter 751 of the laws of 2005, amending the insurance
  law and the vehicle and traffic  law,  relating  to  establishing  the
  accident  prevention  course  internet  technology  pilot  program, in
  relation to the effectiveness of such program

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

  Section  1.  The  commissioner of motor vehicles shall not approve any
additional accident prevention courses  or  defensive  driving  programs
conducted  only  over  the internet or through other technologies. On or
before September 1, 2015, all fees received but not yet expended by  the
department  of motor vehicles pursuant to the provisions of article 12-C
of the vehicle and traffic law and all other moneys appropriated,  cred-
ited  or  transferred  thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to
law for purposes of administering or implementing the provisions of such
article shall be returned to the possession of the state comptroller and
the commissioner of taxation and finance.
  S 2. Section 5 of chapter 751 of the laws of 2005, amending the insur-
ance law and the vehicle and traffic law relating  to  establishing  the
accident prevention course internet technology pilot program, as amended
by  section 1 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
read as follows:
  S 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed  [May
31,  2019]  SEPTEMBER  1,  2015; provided that any rules and regulations
necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective  date
are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such date.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10508-01-5

2015-A7615A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5290
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Chap 751 of 2005
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7076, S4973
2019-2020: A6427

2015-A7615A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to repeal the authorization of internet technologies as a training method for the administration and completion of approved accident prevention courses for the purposes of granting point and insurance premium reduction benefits and to return any unused funds from the accident prevention course internet technology pilot program fund to the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance.

2015-A7615A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7615--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in
  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT to amend chapter 751 of the laws of 2005, amending the insurance
  law and the vehicle and traffic  law,  relating  to  establishing  the
  accident  prevention  course  internet  technology  pilot  program, in
  relation to the effectiveness of such program

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

  Section  1.  The  commissioner of motor vehicles shall not approve any
additional accident prevention courses  or  defensive  driving  programs
conducted  only  over  the internet or through other technologies. On or
before September 1, 2016, all fees received but not yet expended by  the
department  of motor vehicles pursuant to the provisions of article 12-C
of the vehicle and traffic law and all other moneys appropriated,  cred-
ited  or  transferred  thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to
law for purposes of administering or implementing the provisions of such
article shall be returned to the possession of the state comptroller and
the commissioner of taxation and finance.
  S 2. Section 5 of chapter 751 of the laws of 2005, amending the insur-
ance law and the vehicle and traffic law relating  to  establishing  the
accident prevention course internet technology pilot program, as amended
by  section 1 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
read as follows:
  S 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed  [May
31,  2019]  SEPTEMBER  1,  2016; provided that any rules and regulations
necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective  date
are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such date.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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