assembly Bill A1207

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates stricter fines and criminal penalties for passing a stopped school bus

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Jan 03, 2018 referred to transportation
Jan 11, 2017 referred to transportation

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A1207 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1023
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1174, V & T L; amd §§120.04-a & 125.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7388
2011-2012: S515
2013-2014: A8600, S1064
2015-2016: A7130, S2978
2019-2020: A3933
2021-2022: A1292
2023-2024: A2774

A1207 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases fines and penalties for passing a stopped school bus.

A1207 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  1207

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 11, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, M. G. MILLER, CROUCH -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and  traffic  law  and  the  penal  law,  in
  relation  to  increasing  fines  and  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 shall BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING FINES AND PENALTIES:
  (I) for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not  less
than  [two  hundred  fifty]  FOUR  HUNDRED  dollars  nor more than [four
hundred] SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY dollars or by  imprisonment  for  not  more
than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment;
  (II)  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] NINE HUNDRED FIFTY
DOLLARS nor more than [seven hundred fifty]  ONE  THOUSAND  ONE  HUNDRED
FIFTY  dollars  or  by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty
days or by both such fine and imprisonment;
  (III) 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]  ONE  THOU-
SAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY dollars nor more than [one thousand] ONE THOUSAND
FIVE  HUNDRED  dollars  or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred
eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
  § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 120.04-a of the penal law, as  added  by
chapter  496  of the laws of 2009, is amended and a new subdivision 7 is
added to read as follows:

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