Assembly Bill A7486

Signed By Governor
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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Bill Amendments

2017-A7486 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2119
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7138
2013-2014: A9083, S2113
2015-2016: A6845, S4892

2017-A7486 - Summary

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

2017-A7486 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7486
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- 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 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
 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
 than  four  hours  and not more than five hours, consisting of classroom
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2017-A7486A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2119
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7138
2013-2014: A9083, S2113
2015-2016: A6845, S4892

2017-A7486A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A7486A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7486--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Transportation  --  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 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), and paragraphs (b) and (d) of
 subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  subpara-
 graph (i) of paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 97 of the laws of 2016,
 paragraphs  (b)  and  (d) as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of 2002,
 are 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
 than  four  hours  and not more than five hours, consisting of classroom
              

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