Permits the suspension of a license or driving privilege for failure to answer a summons for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs; prohibits the reduction or waiving of fines or mandatory surcharges imposed for a violation of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8923
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
July 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to suspension
of a license for failure to pay a fine for impaired driving violations
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The subdivision heading and paragraph (a) of subdivision
4-a of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law, the subdivision head-
ing as amended by chapter 76 of the laws of 2021, and paragraph (a) as
amended by chapter 713 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as
follows:
Suspension for failure to answer an appearance ticket OR PAY A CERTAIN
FINE. (a) Upon receipt of a court notification of the failure of a
person to appear within sixty days of the return date or new subsequent
adjourned date, pursuant to an appearance ticket charging said person
with a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter (except one
for parking, stopping, or standing) OR FOR FAILURE TO PAY A FINE IMPOSED
PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR A
VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, of any
violation of the tax law or of the transportation law regulating traffic
or of any lawful ordinance or regulation made by a local or public
authority, relating to traffic (except one for parking, stopping, or
standing) the commissioner or [his or her] THE agent OF SUCH COMMISSION-
ER may suspend the driver's license or privileges of such person pending
receipt of notice from the court that such person has appeared in
response to such appearance ticket or has paid or has entered into an
installment payment plan to pay the fine associated with a conviction
entered as a result of the failure to appear in response to such appear-
ance ticket OR IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE
OF THIS CHAPTER FOR A VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF
THIS CHAPTER, or the defendant has been acquitted of the charge that led
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13350-02-5
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