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Assembly Bill A2979

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the fines associated with passing a stopped school bus by certain vehicles

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2019-A2979 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1187
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1174, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8623, S5897
2021-2022: S1160

2019-A2979 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the fines associated with passing a stopped school bus by commercial motor vehicles.

2019-A2979 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2979
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. FAHY, D'URSO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
   the  fines  associated  with  passing  a stopped school bus by certain
   vehicles
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision (c) of section 1174 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 254 of the laws of 2002, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (c)  [Every]  1. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, EVERY person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of
 this section shall: for a first conviction thereof,  be  punished  by  a
 fine  of  not  less  than  two  hundred fifty dollars nor more than four
 hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days  or  by
 both such fine and imprisonment; for a conviction of a second violation,
 both of which were committed within a period of three years, such person
 shall  be  punished  by  a fine of not less than six hundred dollars nor
 more than seven hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment  for  not  more
 than one hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon
 a  conviction  of  a  third  or  subsequent violation, all of which were
 committed within a period of three years, such person shall be  punished
 by a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one
 thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty
 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
   2.  EVERY  PERSON  CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS
 SECTION WHILE OPERATING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL:  FOR  A  FIRST
 CONVICTION THEREOF, BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED
 DOLLARS  NOR  MORE  THAN FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT
 MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BY BOTH  SUCH  FINE  AND  IMPRISONMENT;  FOR  A
 CONVICTION  OF A SECOND VIOLATION, BOTH OF WHICH WERE COMMITTED WITHIN A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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