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Assembly Bill A5710

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to termination of suspension fees

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2017-A5710 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §503, V & T L

2017-A5710 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to termination of suspension fees; sets a one-time fee of a maximum of seventy dollars.

2017-A5710 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5710
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KEARNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to termination
   of suspension fees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (j-1) of subdivision 2 of
 section 503 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section  3  of
 part  PP  of  chapter  59  of  the  laws  of 2009, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (i) When a license issued pursuant to this article, or a privilege  of
 operating  a  motor  vehicle  or  of  obtaining such a license, has been
 suspended based upon a failure to  answer  an  appearance  ticket  or  a
 summons or failure to pay a fine, penalty or mandatory surcharge, pursu-
 ant  to subdivision three of section two hundred twenty-six, subdivision
 four of section two hundred twenty-seven, subdivision four-a of  section
 five  hundred ten or subdivision five-a of section eighteen hundred nine
 of this chapter, such suspension shall remain in effect until a ONE-TIME
 termination of a suspension fee of A MAXIMUM OF seventy dollars is  paid
 to  the  court or tribunal that initiated the suspension of such license
 or privilege. In no event may the aggregate of the fees  imposed  by  an
 individual  court  pursuant to this paragraph for the termination of all
 suspensions that may be terminated as a result of  a  person's  answers,
 appearances  or payments made in such cases pending before such individ-
 ual court exceed [four hundred] SEVENTY dollars.  For  the  purposes  of
 this  paragraph,  the  various  locations of the administrative tribunal
 established under article two-A of this chapter shall be  considered  an
 individual court.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09790-01-7

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