Bill Text: NY S02707 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring that certain information be printed on appearance tickets for alleged traffic infractions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02707 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02707-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2707
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the inclusion
          of certain information on an appearance ticket; and to amend the vehi-
          cle and traffic law, in relation to suspensions  for  failure  to  pay
          driver responsibility assessments
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "traffic
     2  violations fair notice act".
     3    § 2. Section 150.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
     4  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     5    3.    Whenever  an appearance ticket, as defined in subdivision one of
     6  this section, is issued in accordance with  the  provisions  of  section
     7  150.20  of  this  article to a person alleging an offense of the vehicle
     8  and traffic law,  such  appearance  ticket  shall  contain  language  in
     9  accordance  with  subdivision  two  of  this  section, and shall contain
    10  language, to be promulgated by the commissioner of motor vehicles, noti-
    11  fying the defendant of:
    12    (a) the maximum fine schedule  established  by  section  one  thousand
    13  eight hundred one of the vehicle and traffic law;
    14    (b)  how  the number of points on your license affects your ability to
    15  maintain a driver's license, as set forth in 15 NYCRR § 131.4;
    16    (c) the driver responsibility  assessment  program  established  under
    17  section  five  hundred  three of the vehicle and traffic law, to whom it
    18  applies, and the fine schedule that accompanies it; and
    19    (d) the maximum surcharges that may be applied against a driver if  he
    20  or she pleads guilty to the alleged infraction.
    21    § 3. Section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
    22  new subdivision 4-g to read as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01425-02-9
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     1    4-g.  Suspension  for failure to pay driver responsibility assessment.
     2  Before the department may suspend the driver's license or privileges  of
     3  any person who fails to pay the driver responsibility assessment imposed
     4  upon him or her by the department pursuant to section five hundred three
     5  of this title, the department must have sent such person notices stating
     6  that  he  or she has failed to pay the required assessment. Such notices
     7  must be sent to the last known address of the individual on two separate
     8  occasions, each occasion occurring at least thirty days  apart.  If  the
     9  assessment  remains unpaid thirty days after the second and final notice
    10  has been sent, the department may suspend the driving privileges of such
    11  person. Such suspension shall take effect immediately.
    12    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    13  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    14  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    15  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed  to
    16  be made and completed on or before such effective date.