Senate Bill S1640

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes a plea of guilty and the payment of fines or penalties electronically via the internet

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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-S1640 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5205
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1805, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5567, A7455
2019-2020: S3131, A4276
2021-2022: S4809, A5920
2023-2024: S4128, A5655

2017-S1640 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a plea of guilty and the payment of fines or penalties electronically via the internet.

2017-S1640 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1640 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1640
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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  authorizing
   a  plea of guilty and payment of fines or penalties electronically via
   the internet

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 1805 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 chapter 182 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1805. Plea of guilty, how put in. The provisions of  section  170.10
 of  the  criminal  procedure  law and the provisions of section eighteen
 hundred seven of this article may be waived, to the  extent  hereinafter
 indicated,  by  a defendant charged with a violation of any provision of
 the tax law or the transportation law regulating traffic, or  a  traffic
 infraction, as defined in this chapter, other than a third or subsequent
 speeding  violation  committed  within  a  period  of  eighteen  months,
 provided that he OR SHE shall submit to the local criminal court  having
 jurisdiction,  in  person, by duly authorized agent, by first class mail
 or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,  OR  ELEC-
 TRONICALLY  VIA  THE  INTERNET,  WHICH METHOD SHALL INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONS
 RELATING TO THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE, an  application  setting
 forth  (a) the nature of the charge, (b) the information or instructions
 required by section eighteen hundred seven of this article to  be  given
 defendant  upon  arraignment,  (c)  that defendant waives arraignment in
 open court and the aid of counsel, (d) that he OR SHE pleads  guilty  to
 the  offense as charged, (e) that defendant elects and requests that the
 charge be disposed of and the fine or penalty fixed by the court, pursu-
 ant to this section, (f) any statement or explanation that the defendant
 may desire to make concerning the offense charged and (g) that defendant
 makes all statements with respect to such application under  penalty  of
 perjury.  This  application  shall  be  in such form as the commissioner
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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