Senate Bill S1257

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of a hands-free mobile telephone by operators of motor vehicles who hold a learner's permit or a class DJ or MJ license

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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-S1257 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3881
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1225-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S604
2011-2012: S948, A9616
2013-2014: S1511, A2723
2015-2016: S383, A6383
2019-2020: S2980, A1376
2021-2022: S1316, A3209
2023-2024: A1421

2017-S1257 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of hands-free mobile telephones by operators of motor vehicles who hold learner's permits or class DJ or class MJ licenses.

2017-S1257 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1257 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1257
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
   the  use  of mobile telephones by operators of motor vehicles who hold
   learner's permits

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and
 traffic law, subdivision 3 as added by chapter 69 of the  laws  of  2001
 and subdivision 4 as amended by section 6 of part B of chapter 55 of the
 laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows:
   3. Subdivision two of this section shall not apply to (a) the use of a
 mobile  telephone  for the sole purpose of communicating with any of the
 following regarding an emergency situation: an emergency response opera-
 tor; a hospital, physician's  office  or  health  clinic;  an  ambulance
 company  or  corps;  a fire department, district or company; or a police
 department, (b) any of the following persons while in the performance of
 their official duties: a police officer or peace officer; a member of  a
 fire  department,  district or company; or the operator of an authorized
 emergency vehicle as defined in section one hundred one of this chapter,
 or (c) the use of a hands-free mobile telephone, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 THE USE OF A HANDS-FREE MOBILE TELEPHONE  SHALL  BE  PROHIBITED  FOR  AN
 OPERATOR  OF  A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO IS A HOLDER OF A LEARNER'S PERMIT OR A
 CLASS DJ OR CLASS MJ LICENSE.
   4. A violation of subdivision two  OR  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  SUBDIVISION
 THREE of this section shall be a traffic infraction and shall be punish-
 able  by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred
 dollars upon conviction of a  first  violation;  upon  conviction  of  a
 second  violation, both of which were committed within a period of eigh-
 teen months, such violation shall be punished by a fine of not less than
 fifty dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars;  upon  conviction
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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