Assembly Bill A4015A

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  4015--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MAGNARELLI, SEAWRIGHT, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GLICK,
   COLTON, LUPARDO, REYES, McMAHON, MEEKS, DILAN, DAVILA, CONRAD --  read
   once  and  referred  to  the  Committee on Transportation -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
   penalties for certain speed violations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision h of section 1180 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 6 of part C of chapter 62 of  the
 laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Every person convicted of a violation of paragraph two of subdivi-
 sion (d), subdivision (f) or (g) of this section shall  be  punished  as
 follows:
   (i)  Where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon
 which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable  speed  limit  by
 not  more than ten miles per hour, by a fine of not less than ninety nor
 more than one hundred [fifty] SEVENTY-FIVE dollars;
   (ii) Where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon
 which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable  speed  limit  by
 more  than  ten miles per hour, but not more than thirty miles per hour,
 by a fine of not less than  one  hundred  eighty  nor  more  than  three
 hundred  FIFTY dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days,
 or by both such fine and imprisonment, provided, however, that where the
 vehicle is either (A) in violation of any rules or regulations involving
 an out-of-service defect relating to brake systems, steering  components
 and/or  coupling devices, or (B) transporting flammable gas, radioactive
 materials or explosives, the fine shall be three hundred  FIFTY  dollars
 or  imprisonment  for  not  more than thirty days, or both such fine and
 imprisonment;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (iii) Where the court or tribunal records or  enters  that  the  speed
 upon  which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable speed limit
 by more than thirty miles per hour, by a fine of  not  less  than  three
 hundred  sixty nor more than [six] SEVEN hundred dollars or by imprison-
 ment  for  not  more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprison-
 ment, provided, however,  that  where  the  vehicle  is  either  (A)  in
 violation of any rules or regulations involving an out-of-service defect
 relating  to brake systems, steering components and/or coupling devices,
 or (B) transporting flammable gas, radioactive materials or  explosives,
 the  fine  shall  be [six] SEVEN hundred dollars or imprisonment for not
 more than thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026  and  shall  apply  to
 violations occurring on or after such date.