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Assembly Bill A2258

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for driver safety use restrictions on drivers' license and permits

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2019-A2258 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§501 & 506, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A718
2011-2012: A1347
2013-2014: A1424
2015-2016: A576
2017-2018: A250

2019-A2258 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for driver safety related use restrictions on drivers' licenses and permits including operation of a motor vehicle within a limited mileage radius, after sunset, and on limited access highways.

2019-A2258 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2258
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to restrictions
   for driver safety on drivers' license or permits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 501 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law is amended by adding three new  subparagraphs  (iv),
 (v) and (vi) to read as follows:
   (IV) A RESTRICTION LIMITING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TO WITHIN
 A  LIMITED  MILEAGE  RADIUS,  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (V) A RESTRICTION PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR  VEHICLE  AFTER
 SUNSET,  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED
 SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (VI) A RESTRICTION PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  ON
 LIMITED  ACCESS  HIGHWAYS,  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE OF
 SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 506 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
 added by chapter 780 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  If  the  licensee  satisfactorily  passes any such examination, he
 shall be so informed and his license shall continue to be valid.  If  he
 fails to pass, the commissioner shall take such reasonable action as may
 be  required.    Such action may consist of imposing restrictions on the
 use of the license of such person INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  THE
 RESTRICTIONS  SET  FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (IV), (V) AND/OR (VI) OF PARA-
 GRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE, in suspending such license for a definite or indefinite period,
 or  in  revoking such license. If any such person fails after reasonable
 notice or refuses to submit to  an  examination,  the  commissioner  may
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00438-01-9

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