| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to transportation |
| Jun 07, 2017 |
print number 5907a |
| Jun 07, 2017 |
amend and recommit to transportation |
| May 05, 2017 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S5907A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2017-S5907 - Details
2017-S5907 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5907
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to modifying the penalties associated with passing a stopped
school bus to include a mandatory driver education course
PURPOSE :
To make mandatory, subject to the discretion of a judge, attendance of
a driver's education course by repeat violators of section 1174, title
7, article 29, of the state Vehicle and Traffic Law.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Amends section 1174, title 7, article 29, of the state
Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding a mandatory driver's education
course for repeat violators of that section, subject to the discretion
of a judge.
Section 2: States that the act shall take effect ninety days after
this bill shall have become law.
JUSTIFICATION :
Our State's children are endangered every day by motorists who fail to
stop for school buses that have their red lights flashing to indicate
2017-S5907 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5907
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 5, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 modifying
the penalties associated with passing a stopped school bus to include
a mandatory driver education course
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, AND A
MANDATORY DRIVER EDUCATION COURSE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COURT; 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, AND A MANDATORY DRIVER
EDUCATION COURSE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COURT.
§ 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.
2017-S5907A (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S5907A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5907A
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to modifying the penalties associated with passing a stopped
school bus to include a mandatory driver education course
PURPOSE :
To make mandatory, subject to the discretion of a judge, attendance of
a driver's education course by repeat violators of section 1174, title
7, article 29, of the state Vehicle and Traffic Law.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Amends section 1174, title 7, article 29, of the state
Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding a mandatory driver's education
course for repeat violators of that section, subject to the discretion
of a judge.
Section 2: States that the act shall take effect ninety days after
this bill shall have become law.
JUSTIFICATION :
Our State's children are endangered every day by motorists who fail to
stop for school buses that have their red lights flashing to indicate
2017-S5907A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5907--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 5, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 modifying
the penalties associated with passing a stopped school bus to include
a mandatory driver education course
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. EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF A
SECOND VIOLATION OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION THEREAFTER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
ATTEND A DRIVER EDUCATION COURSE, IF RECOMMENDED BY THE COURT.
§ 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.
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