Assembly Bill A6695

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a motorcycle safety awareness component as a requirement for licensing

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A6695 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9083
2015-2016: A6845

2017-A6695 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a motorcycle safety awareness component as a requirement for licensing.

2017-A6695 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6695
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CRESPO,  CROUCH, LUPARDO, BARCLAY, HUNTER --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LOPEZ, McDONOUGH, RA -- read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requirements
   for licensing

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (c-3) to read as follows:
   (C-3) "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY" AWARENESS COMPONENT. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PROVIDE  IN THE PRE-LICENSING COURSE, SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, A MANDATORY  COMPONENT  IN  "MOTORCYCLE  SAFETY"  AWARENESS
 EDUCATION  AS  A PREREQUISITE FOR OBTAINING A LICENSE TO OPERATE A MOTOR
 VEHICLE. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPONENT IS TO EDUCATE  PROSPECTIVE  LICEN-
 SEES  ON  THE  POTENTIAL DANGERS TO PERSONS OPERATING MOTORCYCLES ON THE
 ROADWAY.
   § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 502
 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 97 of the laws  of
 2016, 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
 Safety" awareness AND "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY" AWARENESS as  defined  by  the
 commissioner, the law relating to 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,  the  ability  to read and comprehend traffic signs and symbols
 and such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and to  satis-
 factorily  complete  a course prescribed by the commissioner of not less
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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