NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4547

Senate Bill S4547

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires a holder of a class DJ or MJ learners permit, while operating a vehicle, to display a sign indicating that such vehicle is being driven by a new driver

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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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 20, 2017	referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 05, 2017	ordered to third reading cal.1473 committee discharged and committed to rules
Feb 17, 2017	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jun 20, 2017 - Floor Vote
  S4547
  
  53
  
  Aye
  
  10
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 20, 2017
      
      aye (53)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      nay (10)
      
      Akshar
      
      Dilan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Marchione
      
      Ortt
      
      Ritchie
      
      Serino
  Jun 5, 2017 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4547
  
  20
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 5, 2017
      
      aye (20)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Flanagan
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (1)
      
      Little
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Dilan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Krueger
      
      excused (1)
      
      Parker

2017-S4547 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7390
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §501-b, V & T L

2017-S4547 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a holder of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit, while operating a vehicle, to display a sign indicating that such vehicle is being driven by a new driver; further authorizes the commissioner to create the form and distribution for such sign upon the issuance of the learner's permit.

2017-S4547 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4547

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to signage
for persons driving under a learner's permit

 PURPOSE :

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law requiring Learner License
signage to be displayed on all vehicles being operated by a driver
holding a learners permit.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1-501(b) of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
644 of the laws of 2002, is amended to include the additional
restriction that anyone holding a class DJ or class MJ learner's
permit cannot operate a motor vehicle without a sign, visible to both
oncoming and flowing traffic, indicating that such vehicle is being
driven by a new driver. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall
determine the form and distribution of such signage.

 JUSTIFICATION :

While New York has placed additional restrictions on new drivers in an

effort to protect new and young drivers, accidents still occur in
alarming frequency. Oftentimes, accidents occur as the result of other
driver mistakes and/or actions rather the newly learning driver.

The display of a learner's license tag or plate on the rear view
window of an automobile will alert other drivers that a learning
driver is operating the vehicle. Drivers around the learning driver
could then exercise more caution in their driving behavior. The
learning driver would also benefit knowing that other drivers on the
road axe aware that he or she is learning how to drive.

This practice is widespread throughout the world. New drivers in the
United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia,
Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Great British Columbia, are
require to place learner tags on their vehicles.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall determine the form and nature
of the learner signage with the requirement that the signage is
removable and transferable from vehicle to vehicle, and that is
clearly displayed to motorists who are near the vehicle.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.1169/A.5535 - Referred to Transportation
2013-14: S.1612/A.685- Referred to Transportation
2011-12: S.1057/A4252- Referred to Transportation
2009-10: S.5379/A.4180 Referred to Transportation
2008: A.9496 Referred to Transportation

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal to New York State Department of Motor Vehicles for printing of
signs.

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

2017-S4547 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4547
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- 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 signage  for
   persons driving under a learner's permit
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 501-b of the vehicle  and  traffic
 law, as added by chapter 644 of the laws of 2002, paragraphs (c) and (d)
 as  amended  by  chapter  403 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. In addition to the restrictions contained in  subdivision  five  of
 section  five  hundred  one  of this article, no holder of a class DJ or
 class MJ learner's permit shall:
   (a) operate a motor vehicle with any front seat occupants  other  than
 the supervising driver;
   (b)  operate  a motor vehicle unless every occupant of such vehicle is
 properly restrained by a safety belt or child safety seat in  accordance
 with  the  provisions  of  subdivision three-a of section twelve hundred
 twenty-nine-c of this chapter;
   (c) operate a motor vehicle with more than one passenger who is  under
 the age of twenty-one and who is not a member of such holder's immediate
 family,  provided,  however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall
 not apply when such holder is accompanied by  a  duly  licensed  parent,
 guardian, person in a position of loco parentis, driver education teach-
 er or driving school instructor;
   (d)  be eligible for issuance of a class DJ, MJ, D or M license unless
 such permit has been valid for at least six months. Any time  period  in
 which such class DJ or MJ learner's permit has been suspended or revoked
 shall  not  be  counted  in  determining  the  length  of time that such
 learner's permit has been valid; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10018-01-7

 S. 4547                             2
 
   (E) OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT A SIGN, VISIBLE TO  BOTH  ONCOMING
 AND FOLLOWING TRAFFIC, INDICATING THAT SUCH VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN BY A
 DRIVER  WITH  A  LEARNER'S  PERMIT.  SUCH SIGN SHALL BE IN SUCH FORM AND
 DISTRIBUTED IN SUCH MANNER AS PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER UPON ISSUANCE
 OF SUCH LEARNER'S PERMIT.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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