Senate Bill S382

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts "Charlotte's Law" relating to the permanent termination of licenses of persistent vehicle and traffic law violators

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S382 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 20 Art Head, add §510-e, amd §§1146 & 511, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6626
2015-2016: S1867
2017-2018: S2426
2021-2022: S232
2023-2024: S296

2019-S382 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Charlotte's Law"; relates to the permanent termination of licenses of persistent vehicle and traffic law violators who have been convicted of certain violations three times in a 25 year period.

2019-S382 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S382 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    382
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- 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  enacting
   "Charlotte's Law" relating to the termination of driving privileges of
   persistent vehicle and traffic law violators
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as  "Charlotte's
 Law".
   §  2. The article heading of article 20 of the vehicle and traffic law
 is amended to read as follows:
 
                     SUSPENSION [AND], REVOCATION AND
                                TERMINATION
 
   § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 510-e to read as follows:
   §  510-E.  TERMINATION OF DRIVING PRIVILEGES OF PERSISTENT VEHICLE AND
 TRAFFIC LAW VIOLATORS. 1. DEFINITION OF PERSISTENT VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC
 LAW  VIOLATOR. A PERSON IS A PERSISTENT VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW VIOLATOR
 IF SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN CONVICTED  THREE  TIMES,  WITHIN  THE  PRECEDING
 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, OF ANY COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES:
   (A)  ANY OFFENSES DEFINED IN SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS
 CHAPTER; OR
   (B) ANY OFFENSE DEFINED IN SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO-A OF THIS
 CHAPTER; OR
   (C) ANY VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B) OR (C) OF SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED
 FORTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER; OR
   (D)  VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 125.12 OF THE PENAL LAW, VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER IN THE FIRST  DEGREE  AS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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