Senate Bill S1326

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for forfeiture of a truck, tractor and/or tractor-trailer combination for a third violation of designated truck routes within 18 months

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • 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-S1326 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1800, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7853
2013-2014: S733
2015-2016: S946

2017-S1326 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for forfeiture of a truck, tractor and/or tractor-trailer combination if a driver thereof has been convicted of three violations of a designated system of truck routes within eighteen months.

2017-S1326 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1326 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1326
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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  providing
   for  forfeiture of a truck, tractor and/or tractor-trailer combination
   if a driver thereof has been convicted of three violations of a desig-
   nated system of truck routes within eighteen months
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
   (I) 1. ANY TRUCK, TRACTOR  OR  TRACTOR-TRAILER  COMBINATION  HAVING  A
 TOTAL  GROSS  WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND POUNDS, WHICH HAS BEEN OR
 IS BEING USED IN VIOLATION OF A LOCAL LAW,  ORDINANCE,  ORDER,  RULE  OR
 REGULATION ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF ANY CITY, VILLAGE OR TOWN,
 PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  PARAGRAPH  TEN  OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF
 SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED FORTY OR PARAGRAPH TEN  OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF
 SECTION  SIXTEEN  HUNDRED  SIXTY  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  MAY,  UPON A THIRD
 CONVICTION FOR SUCH AN OFFENSE OF THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF SUCH  VEHICLE
 IN  AN  EIGHTEEN  MONTH  PERIOD,  BE SEIZED BY ANY PEACE OFFICER, ACTING
 PURSUANT TO HIS OR HER SPECIAL DUTIES, OR POLICE OFFICER, AND  FORFEITED
 AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
   2.  A  TRUCK,  TRACTOR  OR  TRACTOR-TRAILER COMBINATION HAVING A TOTAL
 GROSS WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND POUNDS MAY BE SEIZED UPON SERVICE
 OF A NOTICE OF VIOLATION UPON THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE. THE
 SEIZED VEHICLE SHALL BE DELIVERED BY THE OFFICER HAVING MADE THE SEIZURE
 TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CORPORATION  COUNSEL  OR  OTHER
 PROSECUTING AUTHORITY WHICH IS ASSIGNED TO HANDLE THE PROSECUTION OF THE
 OFFENSE  IN THE RELEVANT MUNICIPALITY, TOGETHER WITH A REPORT OF ALL THE
 FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE SEIZURE. WITHIN ONE  BUSINESS  DAY  AFTER
 THE  SEIZURE,  NOTICE  OF  SUCH  VIOLATION  AND  A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF
 VIOLATION SHALL BE MAILED TO THE OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE  AT  THE  ADDRESS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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