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Jun 11, 2018 |
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Apr 11, 2018 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S8166
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S8166 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §507, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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S3998
2017-S8166 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8166 SPONSOR: HANNON TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to provide driver education courses in middle school or elementary school locations PURPOSE: To allow Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to continue providing a satel- lite driver education program at its Plainview campus. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends Vehicle and Traffic Law § 507 to clarify that the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, a unified school that operates a high school, may provide driver education courses in a middle school or elementary school, provided such courses occur when the schools are not in session. eals subdivisions 2-a and 7-a of Section two provides the act take effect immediately.
2017-S8166 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8166 I N S E N A T E April 11, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- 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 allowing the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to provide driver education courses in middle school or elementary school locations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 507 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 215 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 1. Driver education. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, a class D or class M license, whichever is appropriate, may be issued to a minor seventeen years of age who has successfully completed a driver education course approved by the state education department and the commissioner in a high school or college and who has submitted proof of completion of the minimum hours of supervised driving as required in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of section five hundred two of this article; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THE HEBREW ACADEMY OF NASSAU COUNTY, A UNIFIED SCHOOL THAT OPERATES A HIGH SCHOOL, MAY PROVIDE A DRIVER EDUCA- TION COURSE APPROVED BY THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATION PROVIDED SUCH COURSE INSTRUCTION OCCURS WHEN ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION. No such driv- er education course may be approved unless classroom training is provided by a person approved by the state education department and the commissioner. However, a school district may contract with one or more licensed drivers' schools to provide behind the wheel training, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner. The commissioner shall prescribe the requirements for licensing of such minors. A student enrolled in such an approved driver education course may operate a motor vehicle without holding a driver's license or a learner's permit while under the immediate supervision of an instructor in such course or a driver's school instructor providing behind the wheel training in such a course, provided such operation is in accordance with the rules estab- lished by the commissioner. Every student who successfully completes EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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