S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8624
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
September 1, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
and modifying the penalties associated with passing a stopped school
bus when using a portable electronic device or mobile telephone
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. THE PRESCRIBED MINIMUM AND
MAXIMUM VALUES FOR FINES UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DOUBLED IF THE
OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED WHILE USING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AS
DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED
TWENTY-FIVE-D OR A MOBILE TELEPHONE, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-C OF THIS CHAPTER.
§ 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.
LBD11427-04-7