Senate Bill S5368

                            
 
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                                   5368
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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  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.
              

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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.