Bill Text: NY A02361 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in a school traffic control zone are doubled; further requires such zones to be marked by a traffic light or stop sign.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to transportation [A02361 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02361-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2361
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 14, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. TITONE, CUSICK, GABRYSZAK, BENEDETTO -- Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BOYLAND, McDONOUGH, WEISENBERG -- read  once
         and referred to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to doubling the
         fines  for  traffic  infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in
         school traffic control zones
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new
    2  sections 1800-a and 1801-a to read as follows:
    3    S 1800-A. SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE; TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.   NOTWITH-
    4  STANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE AND
    5  ANY RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THAT PART OF ANY  HIGHWAY  ADJA-
    6  CENT  TO  A  SCHOOL  WHERE  MAXIMUM SCHOOL SPEED LIMITS HAVE BEEN ESTAB-
    7  LISHED, SHALL ALSO BE DESIGNATED A SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE AND SHALL
    8  BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE PLACEMENT OF EITHER A TRAFFIC LIGHT  OR  STOP
    9  SIGN  AT  EVERY  INTERSECTION OR CORNER IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING A SCHOOL
   10  SAFETY ZONE WITHIN SUCH SCHOOL ZONE. ALL FINES FOR  TRAFFIC  INFRACTIONS
   11  PURSUANT  TO THIS CHAPTER, EXCEPT FOR THE FINES FOR SPEEDING IN A SCHOOL
   12  SPEED ZONE AS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH FOUR OF SUBDIVISION  (H)  OF  SECTION
   13  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER, WHICH ARE COMMITTED IN A SCHOOL
   14  TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE SHALL BE DOUBLE THE MAXIMUM  AMOUNT  OTHERWISE  SET
   15  OUT IN THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH INFRACTIONS.
   16    S  1801-A.  SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE; MISDEMEANORS. NOTWITHSTANDING
   17  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE  AND  ANY
   18  RULE   OR   REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ALL  FINES  FOR  MISDEMEANOR
   19  CONVICTIONS PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, WHICH ARE COMMITTED  IN  A  SCHOOL
   20  TRAFFIC  CONTROL  ZONE,  AS  DESIGNATED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  EIGHTEEN
   21  HUNDRED-A OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE DOUBLE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT  OTHERWISE
   22  SET OUT IN THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03851-01-3
       A. 2361                             2
    1    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    2  have become a law. Provided that the commissioner of motor  vehicles  is
    3  immediately  authorized  and directed to promulgate, amend and/or repeal
    4  any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of  this
    5  act on its effective date.