Senate Bill S7504

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7504

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 5, 2016
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Introduced  by Sens. HANNON, FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  the  pre-licensing  course  to include information on organ and tissue
  donation and how to register as an organ donor

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 4 of
section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 458 of
the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (i) Upon submission of an application  for  a  driver's  license,  the
applicant  shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic,  the
laws  relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", or "Work Zone Safe-
ty" awareness as defined by the commissioner, the law relating to  exer-
cising  due  care  to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or standing
authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle pursuant to section elev-
en hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, the ability to read and compre-
hend traffic signs and symbols and such other matters as the commission-
er may prescribe, and to satisfactorily complete a course prescribed  by
the  commissioner  of  not  less  than four hours and not more than five
hours, consisting  of  classroom  driver  training  and  highway  safety
instruction  or  the equivalent thereof, AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMA-
TION ON ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION AND HOW TO REGISTER AS AN ORGAN DONOR.
Such test shall include at least seven written questions concerning  the
effects of consumption of alcohol or drugs on the ability of a person to
operate a motor vehicle and the legal and financial consequences result-
ing  from  violations of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chap-
ter, prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influ-
ence of alcohol or drugs. Such test shall include one  or  more  written
questions concerning the devastating effects of "Road Rage" on the abil-
ity  of  a person to operate a motor vehicle and the legal and financial
consequences resulting from assaulting, threatening or interfering  with

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

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the  lawful  conduct  of  another person legally using the roadway. Such
test shall include  one  or  more  questions  concerning  the  potential
dangers  to persons and equipment resulting from the unsafe operation of
a  motor vehicle in a work zone. Such test may include one or more ques-
tions concerning the law for exercising due care to avoid colliding with
a parked, stopped or standing authorized  emergency  vehicle  or  hazard
vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter.
Such  test  shall  be administered by the commissioner. The commissioner
shall cause the applicant to take a vision test and  a  test  for  color
blindness.  Upon  passage  of  the  vision  test, the application may be
accepted and the application fee shall be payable.
  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.