S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10527
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 6, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to fines for
the use of portable electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 1225-d of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by section 7 of part B of chapter 55 of the laws of
2014, is amended to read as follows:
6. A violation of this section shall be a traffic infraction and shall
be punishable by a fine of [not less than fifty dollars nor more than
two] FIVE hundred dollars upon conviction of a first violation; upon
conviction of a second violation, both of which were committed within a
period of eighteen months, such violation shall be punished by a fine of
[not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred fifty] ONE THOU-
SAND dollars; AND upon conviction of a third or subsequent violation,
all of which were committed within a period of eighteen months, such
violation shall be punished by a fine of [not less than fifty dollars
nor more than four hundred fifty] TWO THOUSAND dollars.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13705-01-5
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