assembly Bill A2246

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

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Jan 08, 2020 referred to codes
Feb 12, 2019 reported referred to codes
Jan 22, 2019 referred to transportation

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A2246 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4017
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §510, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8191, S3099
2013-2014: A6610, S1878
2015-2016: A10078, S1634
2017-2018: A719, S1064
2021-2022: A3644, S1636
2023-2024: A5009, S1080

A2246 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires suspension of a driver's license for a period of 60 days when a driver is convicted of passing a stopped school bus twice in 18 months.

A2246 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  2246

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GUNTHER, CUSICK, D'URSO, CROUCH, RAIA -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
  the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the  vehicle
and  traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to read
as follows:
  (XVIII) FOR A PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS WHERE THE HOLDER IS CONVICTED OF  A
VIOLATION  OF ANY PROVISION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER WITHIN A PERIOD OF  EIGHTEEN  MONTHS  OF  A
PREVIOUS VIOLATION OF SUCH SUBDIVISION.
  § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00903-01-9