Relates to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus; requires revocation for second offense.

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S1878-2013 Actions

• Feb 12, 2013: referred to transportation
• Feb 11, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Feb 11, 2013: PASSED SENATE
• Feb 5, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Feb 4, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jan 29, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.20
• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S1878-2013 Meetings

Transportation: Jan 29, 2013

S1878-2013 Calendars

Active List: Feb 11, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Feb 4, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Feb 5, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Feb 11, 2013

S1878-2013 Votes

S1878-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1878

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation
to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

PURPOSE  OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  To increase the penalties for passing
a stopped school bus.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends subdivision c of section 1174 of the Vehicle and Traf-
fic Law to allow for additional penalties for an individual convicted of
passing a stopped school bus.

Section 2: Amends paragraph b of subdivision 2 of  section  510  of  the
Vehicle  and  Traffic  Law  to  include  a  new subparagraph (xvi) which
provides for a sixty day suspension of an individual's drivers'  license
when  the  holder  is  convicted  two or more times of passing a stopped
school bus within a period of ten years.

Section 3: Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:  Current law provides that an individual convicted two or
more times of speeding in a construction zone be subject to a sixty  day
suspension  of his or her drivers' license. Passing a stopped school bus
two or more times however, does not  currently  carry  such  a  penalty.
There  is  no doubt that passing a stopped school bus possesses as much,
if not more, risk to life and limb as speeding in  a  construction  zone
and thus should have congruous penalties.

LEGISLATIVE  HISTORY:  S.3099-A of 2012: Passed Senate, Died in Assembly
Transportation S.3099-A of 2011: Passed Senate, Died in Assembly  Trans-
portation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S1878-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    1878

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced by Sens. BONACIC, GALLIVAN, MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered
    printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
    portation

  AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
    the penalties for passing a stopped school bus

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 1174 of the vehicle and  traffic
  law,  as  amended by chapter 254 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read
  as follows:

    (c) Every person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a)  of  this
  section, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY IMPOSED BY THIS CHAPTER shall:

  for  a  first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than
  two hundred fifty dollars nor more  than  four  hundred  dollars  or  by
  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  thirty days or by both such fine and
  imprisonment; for a conviction of a second violation, both of which were
  committed within a period of three years, such person shall be  punished
  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than six hundred dollars nor more than seven
  hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than  one  hundred
  eighty  days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction of
  a third or subsequent violation, all of which were  committed  within  a
  period  of  three  years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not
  less than seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars
  or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or by  both
  such fine and imprisonment.
    S  2.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle and
  traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph  (xvi)  to  read  as
  follows:


   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD05940-01-3

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    (XVI)  FOR A PERIOD OF SIXTY DAYS WHERE THE HOLDER IS CONVICTED OF TWO
  OR MORE VIOLATIONS WITHIN A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF
  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER.
    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.