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                                   6212
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 doubling the
   fines for traffic infractions and traffic  misdemeanors  committed  in
   school traffic control zones

   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  two  new
 sections 1800-a and 1801-a to read as follows:
   §  1800-A. SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE; TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE  AND
 ANY  RULE  OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THAT PART OF ANY HIGHWAY ADJA-
 CENT TO A SCHOOL WHERE MAXIMUM SCHOOL  SPEED  LIMITS  HAVE  BEEN  ESTAB-
 LISHED, SHALL ALSO BE DESIGNATED A SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE AND SHALL
 BE  CLEARLY  MARKED WITH THE PLACEMENT OF EITHER A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP
 SIGN AT EVERY INTERSECTION OR CORNER IMMEDIATELY  SURROUNDING  A  SCHOOL
 SAFETY  ZONE  WITHIN SUCH SCHOOL ZONE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT NO TRAFFIC
 LIGHT OR STOP SIGN SHALL BE REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION IF  SUCH  INSTALLA-
 TION  WOULD,  BASED ON ENGINEERING JUDGMENT BY THE CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE
 HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE INTERSECTION OR CORNER, ENDANGER THE SAFETY
 OF MOTORISTS OR PEDESTRIANS, OR OTHERWISE NOT BE CONSISTENT  WITH  ENGI-
 NEERING  JUDGMENT  REGARDING  THE  PLACEMENT  OF  TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR STOP
 SIGNS.  ALL FINES FOR TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER WHICH
 ARE COMMITTED IN A SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE SHALL BE DOUBLE THE MAXI-
 MUM AMOUNT OTHERWISE SET OUT IN THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH INFRACTIONS.
   § 1801-A. SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE;  MISDEMEANORS.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE AND ANY
 RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ALL  FINES   FOR   MISDEMEANOR
 CONVICTIONS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS CHAPTER, WHICH ARE COMMITTED IN A SCHOOL
 TRAFFIC  CONTROL  ZONE,  AS  DESIGNATED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  EIGHTEEN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02418-01-7
              

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 HUNDRED-A  OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE DOUBLE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OTHERWISE
 SET OUT IN THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Provided that the commissioner of motor  vehicles  is
 immediately  authorized  and directed to promulgate, amend and/or repeal
 any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of  this
 act on its effective date.