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                                  2157--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 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,
 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 education teacher, or driving school
 instructor[.]; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (III) FOR A LICENSE HOLDER WHO HAS  COMPLETED  SIX  HOURS  OF  IN  CAR
 INSTRUCTION  FROM A LICENSED DRIVERS' SCHOOL AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, FROM FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO
 NINE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING, TO AND FROM SCHOOL WHERE THE LICENSE HOLDER
 IS  ENROLLED,  OR  WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY A DULY LICENSED PARENT, GUARDIAN,
 PERSON IN A POSITION OF LOCO  PARENTIS,  DRIVER  EDUCATION  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-
 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.