S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2515
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 26, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. DILAN, RIVERA, SANTABARBARA, THIELE, SAYEGH,
EPSTEIN, DICKENS, COLTON, NORRIS, STERN, CRUZ, DeSTEFANO, REILLY,
J. M. GIGLIO, BRABENEC, TAGUE, HEVESI, MILLER, MORINELLO, GLICK --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
the penalties for passing a school bus with its red lights illuminated
indicating that it is picking up or discharging students
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 1174 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by chapter 254 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read
as follows:
(c) Every person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of this
section shall: for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
not less than [two hundred fifty] THREE HUNDRED FIFTY dollars nor more
than [four] FIVE hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a conviction of a
second violation, both of which were committed within a period of three
years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than [six]
FIVE hundred dollars nor more than [seven hundred fifty] EIGHT HUNDRED
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or
by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction of a third or
subsequent violation, all of which were committed within a period of
three years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than
[seven hundred fifty] EIGHT HUNDRED dollars nor more than one thousand
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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