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                                   6227
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, GALEF, McDONOUGH, TAYLOR, BYRNE, PALMESANO
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   the pre-licensing course to include information on  organ  and  tissue
   donation and how to register as an organ donor

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.   Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  4  of
 section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 355 of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  Upon  submission  of  an  application for a driver's license, the
 applicant shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit  evidence
 of  passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic, the
 laws relating to driving while ability is impaired and while  intoxicat-
 ed,  under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", "Work Zone Safety"
 awareness and "Motorcycle Safety" awareness as defined  by  the  commis-
 sioner,  the law relating to exercising due care to avoid colliding with
 a parked, stopped or standing authorized  emergency  vehicle  or  hazard
 vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter,
 the  ability  to  read and comprehend traffic signs and symbols and such
 other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and  to  satisfactorily
 complete  a  course prescribed by the commissioner of not less than four
 hours and not more than  five  hours,  consisting  of  classroom  driver
 training  and  highway safety instruction or the equivalent thereof, AND
 SHALL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION AND  HOW  TO
 REGISTER  AS  AN  ORGAN  DONOR.   Such test shall include at least seven
 written questions concerning the effects of consumption  of  alcohol  or
 drugs  on  the  ability  of  a person to operate a motor vehicle and the
 legal and financial consequences resulting from  violations  of  section
 eleven  hundred ninety-two of this chapter, prohibiting the operation of
 a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such test
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD10276-01-9

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 shall include one or more written questions concerning  the  devastating
 effects  of  "Road  Rage"  on the ability of a person to operate a motor
 vehicle and the legal and financial consequences resulting from assault-
 ing,  threatening  or  interfering  with  the  lawful conduct of another
 person legally using the roadway. Such test shall include  one  or  more
 questions  concerning  the  potential  dangers  to persons and equipment
 resulting from the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle in a  work  zone.
 Such  test may include one or more questions concerning motorcycle safe-
 ty. Such test may include one or more questions concerning the  law  for
 exercising  due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or stand-
 ing vehicle pursuant to section  eleven  hundred  forty-four-a  of  this
 chapter.  Such  test  shall  be  administered  by  the commissioner. The
 commissioner shall cause the applicant to take a vision test and a  test
 for  color  blindness.  Upon passage of the vision test, the application
 may be accepted and the application fee shall be payable.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.