Bill Text: NY A03437 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides exemption from suspension of a driver's license for persons serving fulltime active military duty who fail to pay fines from traffic or parking violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-21 - held for consideration in transportation [A03437 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03437-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3437
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. RABBITT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH,
         DUPREY,  GIGLIO,  OAKS  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
         Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing an
         exemption from suspension of a driver's license for persons serving on
         fulltime active military duty
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1806-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
    3    6.  IN  THE  EVENT  THAT  A PERSON CHARGED WITH A TRAFFIC VIOLATION OR
    4  PARKING VIOLATION DOES NOT ANSWER WITHIN THE  TIME  SPECIFIED  AND  SUCH
    5  CIRCUMSTANCE  RESULTS  IN  A DEFAULT JUDGMENT OF A FINE, AND SUCH PERSON
    6  FAILS TO PAY SUCH FINE BECAUSE SUCH PERSON  SERVES  ON  FULLTIME  ACTIVE
    7  MILITARY  DUTY,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  ONE  OF THE MILITARY LAW, THE
    8  COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT SUSPEND  SUCH  PERSON'S  LICENSE,  PROVIDED  SUCH
    9  PERSON OR SUCH PERSON'S REPRESENTATIVE SUBMITS PROOF SATISFACTORY TO THE
   10  COMMISSIONER  THAT  HE  OR SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY FORCES AND IS
   11  ENGAGED IN FULLTIME ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. SUCH PERSON'S LICENSE SHALL BE
   12  VALID FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS AFTER SUCH  PERSON'S  RELEASE  FROM  FULLTIME
   13  ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05223-01-3