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                                   9483
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2022
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 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in relation to the
   restrictions on class DJ and class MJ  licenses  in  the  counties  of
   Nassau  and  Suffolk by permitting such licensees to drive to and from
   school between the hours of five in the morning to nine o'clock in the
   evening

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of section 501 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as added by chapter 449 of the laws of 1989, the subdivision  head-
 ing  and  first  undesignated paragraph as amended by chapter 173 of the
 laws of 1990 and subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) as amended by  chap-
 ter 644 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Restrictions  on use of class DJ and class MJ licenses. A class DJ
 or class MJ license shall permit the holder  to  operate  a  vehicle  in
 accordance with the following restrictions:
   (a) in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk:
   (i)  for  the  purpose of driving to and from a state-approved cooper-
 ative work-study educational program, or to or from an approved  program
 for  credit  in  a post-secondary institution, or to or from a state-ap-
 proved registered evening high school or while engaged in  farm  employ-
 ment, or to or from an approved driver education course; or
   (ii)  from five o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in the evening,
 WHEN GOING TO OR FROM SCHOOL, OR to and from a place of  business  where
 the holder is regularly employed, or when accompanied by a duly licensed
 parent,  guardian,  person in a position of loco parentis, driver educa-
 tion teacher, or driving school instructor.
   (b) in all other areas of the state, except for the city of New York:
   (i) from five o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in  the  evening;
 or
   (ii)  from  nine o'clock in the evening to five o'clock in the morning
 when going to or from school, or to or from a place  of  business  where
 the  holder is employed on a regularly scheduled basis, or when accompa-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 nied by a duly licensed parent, guardian or one in a  position  of  loco
 parentis to the licensee.
   (c) in the city of New York, driving shall be prohibited.
   (d)  for the purpose of this subdivision, the term "school" shall mean
 instruction, education or training licensed or approved by a  department
 or  agency of the state or training conducted by the armed forces of the
 United States except it shall not include extra-curricular activities or
 social events for which scholastic credits are not given.
   (e) any person operating a motor vehicle to or from school  or  to  or
 from  a place of business as authorized by this subdivision must possess
 documentation signed  by  such  person's  instructor  or  employer.  The
 commissioner  shall,  by  regulation,  prescribe the form and content of
 such documentation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.