STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1309 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting sex offenders from being bus drivers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 509-cc of the 2 vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iv) to 3 read as follows: 4 (iv) has been convicted of any offense for which registration as a sex 5 offender is required pursuant to article six-C of the correction law, 6 notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary; or 7 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 509-cc of the vehicle and traffic law is 8 amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows: 9 (b-1) permanently, if that person has been convicted of any offense 10 for which registration as a sex offender is required pursuant to article 11 six-C of the correction law, notwithstanding any provision of law to the 12 contrary. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 14 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of 15 motor vehicles may add, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation neces- 16 sary to timely implement the provisions of this act on its effective 17 date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06801-01-9