NY State Senate Bill 2017-S336B

Senate Bill S336B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 2 speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18 month period of time

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 22, 2018	referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 17, 2018	advanced to third reading
Jan 16, 2018	2nd report cal.
Jan 09, 2018	1st report cal.137
Jan 03, 2018	referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly
Mar 06, 2017	referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 01, 2017	advanced to third reading
Feb 28, 2017	2nd report cal. amended (t) 336b
Feb 14, 2017	1st report cal.211
Feb 10, 2017	print number 336a
Feb 10, 2017	amend (t) and recommit to transportation
Jan 04, 2017	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jan 22, 2018 - Floor Vote
  S336B
  
  60
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jan 22, 2018
      
      aye (60)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Montgomery
  Jan 9, 2018 - Transportation Committee Vote
  S336B
  
  18
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Transportation Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2018
      
      aye (18)
      
      Avella
      
      Benjamin
      
      Croci
      
      Dilan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Larkin
      
      Marcellino
      
      Peralta
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      O'Mara

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2017-S336 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5266
Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §510, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S336, A5266

2017-S336 - Summary

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 2 speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18 month period of time.

2017-S336 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S336

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person
convicted of three or more violations of school zone speed limits
within eighteen months

 PURPOSE OF BILL :

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 3 or
more speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18
month period of time

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends Paragraph (b) of Subdivision 2 of Section 510 of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding a new Subparagraph 18, mandating the
suspension of a license to operate a motor vehicle when a license
holder accumulates three or more speeding offenses within a school
zone, within a period of eighteen months.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

In New York City alone, more than one million children travel to
public schools every day. According to statistics from the New York
City Department of Transportation, more than 1,000 children under the
age of 17 were involved in motor vehicle crashes in 2015, with two
hundred of those incidents resulting in serious injuries. In 2015,
nine children were killed. In fact, motor vehicle crashes are the
leading cause of injury deaths in the City for children ages 5-14, and
speeding is the driver action responsible for most of these
fatalities. Expanded across New York State, these statistics only grow
worse in numbers.

Unique from older adults, children between the ages of 0-14 are five
times more likely to die if they are struck by a car traveling at 35
miles per hour versus a vehicle traveling at 25 miles per hour.
Posted speed limit reductions within school zones exist to counter
this very reality. The problem of speeding in school zones is also a
real one, with the New York City Department of Transportation
determining in 2013 that at over 100 schools surveyed, drivers
exceeded speed limits between 75%-100% of the time within a
quarter-mile of school buildings. At 306 schools surveyed, drivers
were observed speeding between 25% and 75% of the time.

Increasing penalties upon drivers who chose to ignore reduced speed
limits within school zones is a commonsense approach to decreasing the
statistics behind this epidemic. This legislation seeks to establish
the compulsory suspension of a driver's license for a period of sixty
days when a driver is convicted of three or more speeding violations
within a school zone, over an eighteen month period. Given the gravity
of the situation at hand, this is only a first step in reducing
pedestrian crashes involving children.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-2016-S8198A

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

2017-S336 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    336
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- 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  requiring
   the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person
   convicted  of  three  or  more  violations of school zone speed limits
   within eighteen months
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle
 and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to  read
 as follows:
   (XVIII) FOR A PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS WHERE THE HOLDER HAS BEEN CONVICTED
 OF  THREE  OR  MORE  VIOLATIONS,  COMMITTED  WITHIN A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN
 MONTHS, OF SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  EIGHTY  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00128-01-7

2017-S336A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5266
Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §510, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S336, A5266

2017-S336A - Summary

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 2 speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18 month period of time.

2017-S336A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S336A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to requiring the suspension of the license to operate a motor
vehicle of any person convicted of two or more violations of school
zone speed limits within eighteen months

 PURPOSE OF BILL :

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 2 or
more speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18
month period of time

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends Paragraph (b) of Subdivision 2 of Section 510 of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding a new Subparagraph 18, mandating the
suspension of a license to operate a motor vehicle when a license
holder accumulates two or more speeding offenses within a school zone,
within a period of eighteen months.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

In New York City alone, more than one million children travel to

public schools every day. According to statistics from the New York
City Department of Transportation, more than 1,000 children under the
age of 17 were involved in motor vehicle crashes in 2015, with two
hundred of those incidents resulting in serious injuries. In 2015,
nine children were killed. In fact, motor vehicle crashes are the
leading cause of injury deaths in the City for children ages 5-14, and
speeding is the driver action responsible for most of these
fatalities. Expanded across New York State, these statistics only grow
worse in numbers.

Unique from older adults, children between the ages of 0-14 are five
times more likely to die if they are struck by a car traveling at 35
miles per hour versus a vehicle traveling at 25 miles per hour.
Posted speed limit reductions within school zones exist to counter
this very reality. The problem of speeding in school zones is also a
real one, with the New York City Department of Transportation
determining in 2013 that at over 100 schools surveyed, drivers
exceeded speed limits between 75%-100% of the time within a
quarter-mile of school buildings. At 306 schools surveyed, drivers
were observed speeding between 25% and 75% of the time.

Increasing penalties upon drivers who chose to ignore reduced speed
limits within school zones is a commonsense approach to decreasing the
statistics behind this epidemic. This legislation seeks to establish
the compulsory suspension of a driver's license for a period of sixty
days when a driver is convicted of two or more speeding violations
within a school zone, over an eighteen month period. Given the gravity
of the situation at hand, this is only a first step in reducing
pedestrian accidents involving children.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S.8198A (2015-16)

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

2017-S336A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  336--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person
   convicted of two or more violations of school zone speed limits within
   eighteen months
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the  vehicle
 and  traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to read
 as follows:
   (XVIII) FOR A PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS WHERE THE HOLDER HAS BEEN CONVICTED
 OF TWO OR MORE VIOLATIONS, COMMITTED WITHIN A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS,
 OF SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00128-02-7

co-Sponsors

2017-S336B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5266
Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §510, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S336, A5266

2017-S336B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 2 speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18 month period of time.

2017-S336B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S336B

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person
convicted of two violations of school zone speed limits within
eighteen months

 PURPOSE OF BILL :

Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 2
speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18 month
period of time

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends Paragraph (b) of Subdivision 2 of Section 510 of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding a new Subparagraph 18, mandating the
suspension of a license to operate a motor vehicle when a license
holder accumulates two speeding offenses within a school zone, within
a period of eighteen months.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

In New York City alone, more than one million children travel to
public schools every day. According to statistics from the New York
City Department of Transportation, more than 1,000 children under the
age of 17 were involved in motor vehicle crashes in 2015, with two
hundred of those incidents resulting in serious injuries. In 2015,
nine children were killed. In fact, motor vehicle crashes are the
leading cause of injury deaths in the City for children ages 5-14, and
speeding is the driver action responsible for most of these
fatalities. Expanded across New York State, these statistics only grow
worse in numbers.

Unique from older adults, children between the ages of 0-14 are five
times more likely to die if they are struck by a car traveling at 35
miles per hour versus a vehicle traveling at 25 miles per hour.
Posted speed limit reductions within school zones exist to counter
this very reality. The problem of speeding in school zones is also a
real one, with the New York City Department of Transportation
determining in 2013 that at over 100 schools surveyed, drivers
exceeded speed limits between 75%-100% of the time within a
quarter-mile of school buildings. At 306 schools surveyed, drivers
were observed speeding between 25% and 75% of the time.

Increasing penalties upon drivers who chose to ignore reduced speed
limits within school zones is a commonsense approach to decreasing the
statistics behind this epidemic. This legislation seeks to establish
the compulsory suspension of a driver's license for a period of sixty
days when a driver is convicted of two speeding violations within a
school zone, over an eighteen month period. Given the gravity of the
situation at hand, this is only a first step in reducing pedestrian
accidents involving children.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S.8198A (2015-16)

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

2017-S336B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  336--B
     Cal. No. 211
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee -- reported favorably  from  said  committee,
   ordered  to first report, amended on first report, ordered to a second
   report and ordered reprinted, retaining its  place  in  the  order  of
   second report
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person
   convicted of two violations of school zone speed limits  within  eigh-
   teen months
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the  vehicle
 and  traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to read
 as follows:
   (XVIII) FOR A PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS WHERE THE HOLDER HAS BEEN CONVICTED
 OF TWO VIOLATIONS, COMMITTED WITHIN A  PERIOD  OF  EIGHTEEN  MONTHS,  OF
 SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00128-04-7

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Sponsored By

Jose Peralta

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Bill Amendments

2017-S336 - Details

2017-S336 - Summary

2017-S336 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S336 - Bill Text download pdf

2017-S336A - Details

2017-S336A - Summary

2017-S336A - Sponsor Memo

2017-S336A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Jesse Hamilton

Elaine Phillips

Luis R. Sepúlveda

2017-S336B (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S336B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S336B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S336B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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