STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8232

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 10, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation

        AN  ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
          vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring the city of New York
          to establish the New York city school safety fund

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  19-904 of the administrative code of the city of
     2  New York is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
     3    f. 1. The city shall establish a fund to be known as the New York city
     4  school safety fund. Any fines or monies collected  pursuant  to  section
     5  19-903  of  this  chapter,  except  for  any monies pending a proceeding
     6  before OATH, shall be deposited into such fund. Upon  a  final  determi-
     7  nation  of  a proceeding before OATH, any fines or monies required to be
     8  paid by the liable party shall be deposited into such fund.
     9    2. Monies of the fund shall be available to the chancellor of the city
    10  school district of the city of New York, the commissioner of transporta-
    11  tion, and the police commissioner to fund school initiatives relating to
    12  the safe travel of students,  including  but  not  limited  to,  funding
    13  crossing  guards,  maintaining  crosswalks, adding and maintaining side-
    14  walks, installing stop signs, and upgrading infrastructure around school
    15  property.
    16    3. Monies of the fund shall not be transferred into the  general  fund
    17  of  the  city.  Such  monies  shall  only be borrowed for other purposes
    18  relating to the city only upon approval from the state legislature.
    19    § 2. Section 1174 of vehicle and traffic law is amended  by  adding  a
    20  new subdivision (c-1) to read as follows:
    21    (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
    22  fines or monies collected in cities having a population of  one  million
    23  or  more  pursuant to subdivision (c) of this section shall be deposited
    24  into the New York city school safety fund established pursuant to subdi-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  vision f of section 19-904 of the administrative code of the city of New
     2  York.
     3    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
     4  the amendments to section 19-904 of the administrative code of the  city
     5  of  New York made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal
     6  of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.