Bill Text: NY A06847 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits approval by the commissioner of motor vehicles of defensive driving courses or defensive driving programs conducted over the internet only.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A06847 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06847-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6847
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 6, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN  ACT to amend chapter 751 of the laws of 2005, amending the insurance
         law and the vehicle and traffic law relating to establishing the acci-
         dent prevention course internet technology pilot program, in  relation
         to repealing such program
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall  not  approve  any
    2  defensive  driving  program  or defensive driving course instructed only
    3  over the internet or other such technological means, and  shall  require
    4  that a certified instructor be physically present for the instruction of
    5  such  programs.  All fees received, but not yet expended, by the depart-
    6  ment of motor vehicles pursuant to the provisions of article 12-C of the
    7  vehicle and traffic law and all other moneys appropriated,  credited  or
    8  transferred  thereto  from  any other fund or source pursuant to law for
    9  purposes of administering or implementing the provisions of such article
   10  12-C shall be returned to the possession of the  state  comptroller  and
   11  the commissioner of taxation and finance within sixty days from the date
   12  on which this act shall take effect.
   13    S 2. Section 5 of chapter 751 of the laws of 2005, amending the insur-
   14  ance  law  and  the vehicle and traffic law relating to establishing the
   15  accident prevention course internet technology pilot program, as amended
   16  by section 1 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to
   17  read as follows:
   18    S 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   19  it  shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed [May
   20  31, 2019] ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO  THOU-
   21  SAND  FIFTEEN  THAT  AMENDED  THIS  SECTION; provided that any rules and
   22  regulations necessary to implement the provisions of  this  act  on  its
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  effective  date are authorized and directed to be completed on or before
    2  such date.
    3    S  3.  The  commissioner  of motor vehicles shall make any rule, regu-
    4  lation and/or repeal necessary for the implementation of this act on  or
    5  before its effective date.
    6    S  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    7  have become a law.