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Assembly Bill A8285A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to modifying the penalties associated with passing a stopped school bus to include a mandatory driver education course

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2017-A8285 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5907
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1174, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A640
2021-2022: A1306
2023-2024: A527
2025-2026: A1393

2017-A8285 - Summary

Relates to modifying the penalties associated with passing a stopped school bus to include a mandatory driver education course for each offense after a second conviction if recommended by the court.

2017-A8285 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8285
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  modifying
   the  penalties associated with passing a stopped school bus to include
   a mandatory driver education course

   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: for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine  of
 not  less  than  two  hundred  fifty  dollars nor more than four hundred
 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such
 fine and imprisonment; 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 nor more than
 seven hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for  not  more  than  one
 hundred  eighty  days  or by [both] such fine [and], imprisonment, AND A
 MANDATORY DRIVER EDUCATION COURSE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE  COURT;  upon  a
 conviction of a third or subsequent violation, all of which were commit-
 ted  within  a period of three years, such person shall be punished by a
 fine of not less than seven hundred fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  one
 thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty
 days  or by [both] such fine [and], imprisonment, AND A MANDATORY DRIVER
 EDUCATION COURSE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COURT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2017-A8285A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5907
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1174, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A640
2021-2022: A1306
2023-2024: A527
2025-2026: A1393

2017-A8285A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to modifying the penalties associated with passing a stopped school bus to include a mandatory driver education course for each offense after a second conviction if recommended by the court.

2017-A8285A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8285--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on  Trans-
   portation  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule 3, sec. 2 -- 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  modifying
   the  penalties associated with passing a stopped school bus to include
   a mandatory driver education course
 
   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: for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine  of
 not  less  than  two  hundred  fifty  dollars nor more than four hundred
 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such
 fine and imprisonment; 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 nor more than
 seven hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for  not  more  than  one
 hundred  eighty  days  or  by  both  such  fine and imprisonment; upon a
 conviction of a third or subsequent violation, all of which were commit-
 ted within a period of three years, such person shall be punished  by  a
 fine  of  not  less  than  seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one
 thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty
 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF  A
 SECOND VIOLATION OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION THEREAFTER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
 ATTEND A DRIVER EDUCATION COURSE, IF RECOMMENDED BY THE COURT.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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