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Senate Bill S7985

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Suspends the registration of a vehicle which has been documented five times within a twelve month period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure to comply with traffic-control indications

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2017-S7985 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1118, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S3668
2021-2022: S1190
2023-2024: S451
2025-2026: S5775

2017-S7985 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Suspends the registration of a vehicle which has been documented five times within a twelve month period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications for a period of six months.

2017-S7985 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7985 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7985
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 16, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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  suspending
   the  registration of a vehicle which has been documented five times by
   a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof
   to comply with traffic-control indications

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
 section 1118 to read as follows:
   § 1118. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL.  THE  REGISTRA-
 TION  OF  A VEHICLE WHICH HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED FIVE TIMES WITHIN A TWELVE
 MONTH PERIOD BY A PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING DEVICE FOR  FAILURE  OF  AN
 OPERATOR  THEREOF  TO  COMPLY  WITH TRAFFIC-CONTROL INDICATIONS SHALL BE
 SUSPENDED FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS  COMMENCING  FIVE  DAYS  AFTER  THE
 NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY FOR THE FIFTH VIOLATION HAS BEEN MAILED; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT THIS SECTION SHALL NOT  APPLY  TO  A  RENTAL  VEHICLE,  AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10386-01-7

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