Assembly Bill A5266

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the city of New York to establish the New York city school safety fund

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  • 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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2021-A5266 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1180-b & 1174, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8232
2023-2024: A3141

2021-A5266 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the city of New York to establish the New York city school safety fund, which transfers fines collected from the city's photo speed violation monitoring program and fines from the overpassing of stopped school buses to the fund to be used for school initiatives relating to the safe travel of students.

2021-A5266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5266
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   the city of New York to establish the New York city school safety fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (p) to read as follows:
   (P)  1.  THE  CITY  SHALL ESTABLISH A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEW YORK
 CITY SCHOOL SAFETY FUND. ANY FINES OR MONIES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO  THIS
 SECTION,  EXCEPT  FOR ANY MONIES PENDING A PROCEEDING BEFORE OATH, SHALL
 BE DEPOSITED INTO SUCH FUND. UPON A FINAL DETERMINATION OF A  PROCEEDING
 BEFORE OATH, ANY FINES OR MONIES REQUIRED TO BE PAID BY THE LIABLE PARTY
 SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO SUCH FUND.
   2. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY
 SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTA-
 TION, AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER TO FUND SCHOOL INITIATIVES RELATING TO
 THE  SAFE  TRAVEL  OF  STUDENTS,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FUNDING
 CROSSING GUARDS, MAINTAINING CROSSWALKS, ADDING  AND  MAINTAINING  SIDE-
 WALKS, INSTALLING STOP SIGNS, AND UPGRADING INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND SCHOOL
 PROPERTY.
   3.  MONIES  OF THE FUND SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE GENERAL FUND
 OF THE CITY. SUCH MONIES SHALL  ONLY  BE  BORROWED  FOR  OTHER  PURPOSES
 RELATING TO THE CITY ONLY UPON APPROVAL FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
   §  2.  Section  1174 of vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision (c-1) to read as follows:
   (C-1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  ANY
 FINES  OR  MONIES COLLECTED IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION
 OR MORE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED
 INTO THE NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL SAFETY FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION (P) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-B OF THIS CHAPTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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