NY State Senate Bill 2015-S8198A

Senate Bill S8198A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 3 or more speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18 month period of time

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Oct 05, 2016	print number 8198a
Oct 05, 2016	amend and recommit to rules
Sep 28, 2016	referred to rules

Bill Amendments

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2015-S8198 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §510, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S336
2019-2020: S3222
2021-2022: S3241
2023-2024: S5842

2015-S8198 - Summary

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 3 or more speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18 month period of time.

2015-S8198 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S8198

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person
convicted of three or more violations of school zone speed limits
within eighteen months

 PURPOSE OF BILL :

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 3 or
more speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18
month period of time

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends Paragraph (b) of Subdivision 2 of Section 510 of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding a new Subparagraph 18, mandating the
suspension of a license to operate a motor vehicle when a license
holder accumulates three or more speeding offenses within a school
zone, within a period of eighteen months.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

In New York City alone, more than one million children travel to
public schools every day. According to statistics from the New York
City Department of Transportation, more than 1,000 children under the
age of 17 were involved in motor vehicle crashes in 2015, with two
hundred of those incidents resulting in serious injuries. In 2015,
nine children were killed. In fact, motor vehicle crashes are the
leading cause of injury deaths in the City for children ages 5-14, and
speeding is the driver action responsible for most of these
fatalities. Expanded across New York State, these statistics only grow
worse in numbers.

Unique from older adults, children between the ages of 0-14 are five
times more likely to die if they are struck by a car traveling at 35
miles per hour versus a vehicle traveling at 25 miles per hour.
Posted speed limit reductions within school zones exist to counter
this very reality. The problem of speeding in school zones is also a
real one, with the New York City Department of Transportation
determining in 2013 that at over 100 schools surveyed, drivers
exceeded speed limits between 75%-100% of the time within a
quarter-mile of school buildings. At 306 schools surveyed, drivers
were observed speeding between 25% and 75% of the time.

Increasing penalties upon drivers who chose to ignore reduced speed
limits within school zones is a commonsense approach to decreasing the
statistics behind this epidemic. This legislation seeks to establish
the compulsory suspension of a driver's license for a period of sixty
days when a driver is convicted of three or more speeding violations
within a school zone, over an eighteen month period. Given the gravity
of the situation at hand, this is only a first step in reducing
pedestrian accidents involving children.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

2015-S8198 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8198

                            I N  S E N A T E

                           September 28, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person
  convicted  of  three  or  more  violations of school zone speed limits
  within eighteen months

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

  Section  1. 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 HAS BEEN CONVICTED
OF  THREE  OR  MORE  VIOLATIONS,  COMMITTED  WITHIN A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN
MONTHS, OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVISION (C) OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED
EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15965-01-6

2015-S8198A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §510, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S336
2019-2020: S3222
2021-2022: S3241
2023-2024: S5842

2015-S8198A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 3 or more speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18 month period of time.

2015-S8198A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S8198A

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person
convicted of three or more violations of school zone speed limits
within eighteen months

 PURPOSE OF BILL :

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 3 or
more speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18
month period of time

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends Paragraph (b) of Subdivision 2 of Section 510 of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding a new Subparagraph 18, mandating the
suspension of a license to operate a motor vehicle when a license
holder accumulates three or more speeding offenses within a school
zone, within a period of eighteen months.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

In New York City alone, more than one million children travel to
public schools every day. According to statistics from the New York
City Department of Transportation, more than 1,000 children under the
age of 17 were involved in motor vehicle crashes in 2015, with two
hundred of those incidents resulting in serious injuries. In 2015,
nine children were killed. In fact, motor vehicle crashes are the
leading cause of injury deaths in the City for children ages 5-14, and
speeding is the driver action responsible for most of these
fatalities. Expanded across New York State, these statistics only grow
worse in numbers.

Unique from older adults, children between the ages of 0-14 are five
times more likely to die if they are struck by a car traveling at 35
miles per hour versus a vehicle traveling at 25 miles per hour.
Posted speed limit reductions within school zones exist to counter
this very reality. The problem of speeding in school zones is also a
real one, with the New York City Department of Transportation
determining in 2013 that at over 100 schools surveyed, drivers
exceeded speed limits between 75%-100% of the time within a
quarter-mile of school buildings. At 306 schools surveyed, drivers
were observed speeding between 25% and 75% of the time.

Increasing penalties upon drivers who chose to ignore reduced speed
limits within school zones is a commonsense approach to decreasing the
statistics behind this epidemic. This legislation seeks to establish
the compulsory suspension of a driver's license for a period of sixty
days when a driver is convicted of three or more speeding violations
within a school zone, over an eighteen month period. Given the gravity
of the situation at hand, this is only a first step in reducing
pedestrian crashes involving children.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

2015-S8198A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 8198--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                           September 28, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
  the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person
  convicted of three or more violations  of  school  zone  speed  limits
  within eighteen months

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

  Section 1. 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 HAS BEEN CONVICTED
OF THREE OR MORE VIOLATIONS,  COMMITTED  WITHIN  A  PERIOD  OF  EIGHTEEN
MONTHS,  OF  SUBDIVISION  (C)  OF  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS
CHAPTER.
  S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15965-02-6

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