Bill Text: NY S03802 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a surcharge for the use of mobile telephones or the use of portable electronic devices while in a work area or school zone.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S03802 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03802-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3802
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- 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  surcharges
          for  the  use  of  mobile telephones or the use of portable electronic
          devices while in a work area or school zone
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5.  (a) A violation of subdivision two of this section while in a work
     4  area or school zone shall be a traffic infraction and shall be  punisha-
     5  ble  by a surcharge of one hundred dollars which shall be in addition to
     6  the amounts prescribed in subdivision four of this section.
     7    (b) For purposes of this subdivision:
     8    i. "Work area" shall mean that part of a highway being used  or  occu-
     9  pied  for  the  conduct of highway work, within which workers, vehicles,
    10  equipment, materials, supplies, excavations, or other  obstructions  are
    11  present.
    12    ii.  "School  zone"  shall mean the distance along a highway passing a
    13  school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting  on  the  highway
    14  for  which a school sign (S1-1) has been posted pursuant to this chapter
    15  and in compliance with the manual on  uniform  traffic  control  devices
    16  maintained pursuant to section sixteen hundred eighty of this chapter.
    17    §  2.  Section  1225-d  of  the  vehicle and traffic law is amended by
    18  adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    19    7. (a) A violation of this section while in a work area or school zone
    20  shall be a traffic infraction and shall be punishable by a surcharge  of
    21  one hundred dollars which shall be in addition to the amounts prescribed
    22  in subdivision six of this section.
    23    (b) For purposes of this subdivision:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01697-01-9
        S. 3802                             2
     1    i.  "Work  area" shall mean that part of a highway being used or occu-
     2  pied for the conduct of highway work, within  which  workers,  vehicles,
     3  equipment,  materials,  supplies, excavations, or other obstructions are
     4  present.
     5    ii.  "School  zone"  shall mean the distance along a highway passing a
     6  school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting  on  the  highway
     7  for  which a school sign (S1-1) has been posted pursuant to this chapter
     8  and in compliance with the manual on  uniform  traffic  control  devices
     9  maintained pursuant to section sixteen hundred eighty of this chapter.
    10    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    11  have become a law.