Assembly Actions -
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Jan 10, 2019 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S1003
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S1003 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §502, V & T L; add §3210-a, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S7403
2015-2016: S2070
2017-2018: S845
2019-S1003 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1003 SPONSOR: YOUNG TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the education law, in relation to requiring youth holding operator's licenses or permits to maintain satisfactory school grades and attendance PURPOSE: The purpose of bill is to require students under the age of 18 to either have a high school diploma or maintain satisfactory school grades and attendance in order to be eligible and keep a New York State learner's permit or driver's license. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new subdivision 8, providing that no driver's license or learner's permit be provided to or retained by a person under eighteen years of
2019-S1003 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1003 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- 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 and the education law, in relation to requiring youth holding operator's licenses or permits to maintain satisfactory school grades and attendance THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 8. CERTIFICATES OF SATISFACTORY SCHOOL GRADES AND ATTENDANCE. (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, NO LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED TO OR RETAINED BY A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS UNLESS SUCH PERSON (I) HOLDS A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENT DIPLOMA OR (II) IS ENROLLED IN AND ATTEND- ING AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF WHICH WILL LEAD TO SUCH A DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENT DIPLOMA AND HOLDS A VALID, CURRENT CERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTORY GRADES AND ATTENDANCE FROM SUCH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED TEN-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW. (B) UPON RECEIPT OF NOTICE BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT A CERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTORY GRADES AND ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUSPEND SUCH PERSON'S LICENSE OR PERMIT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS SUCH CERTIFICATE IS REINSTATED OR THE PERSON CEASES TO BE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENT THEREFOR. UPON RECEIPT OF NOTICE BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT A CERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTORY GRADES AND ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN REINSTATED, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REINSTATE SUCH PERSON'S LICENSE OR PERMIT. (C) THE HEAD OF EACH SCHOOL ATTENDED BY ANY PERSON SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ISSUE OR WITHDRAW SUCH CERTIFICATES ON THE BASIS OF THE STUDENT'S COMPLIANCE OR LACK OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACADEMIC AVERAGE AND ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED TEN-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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