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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Sep 18, 2009 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6178
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S6178 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A2408
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§506 & 510, add §1811, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S363, A1290
2013-2014: A1030
2015-2016: A496
2017-2018: A178
2019-2020: A2288
2009-S6178 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that a court may require the reexamination of certain drivers, including the administration of a road test, pursuant to section five hundred six of the vehicle and traffic law; provides for the court or the clerk to notify the commissioner of motor vehicles of an order for reexamination; requires for the expense of the reexamination to be the expense of the person required to be examined.
2009-S6178 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6178 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring reexamination of drivers in certain cases GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To improve traffic safety. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : The bill authorizes courts, upon sentencing a person convicted of leaving the scene of an accident or of another moving violation which person has two or more such convictions within the previous eighteen months or whom the court has reasonable grounds to believe is not qualified to drive a motor vehicle, to issue an order requiring such person to submit to a license reexamination by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The bill also would direct the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend the driver's license of any person so ordered who fails to apply to the Commissioner within 30 days of such court order, with such suspension to remain in effect until such person makes application for reexamination. JUSTIFICATION : At this time, a court cannot mandate that a person who has been convicted of a violation of the Vehicle and Traffic Law be reexamined, even though the court may have concerns about the person's ability to
2009-S6178 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6178 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E September 18, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring reexamination of drivers in certain cases THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 506 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 1-A. IF THE COMMISSIONER RECEIVES NOTIFICATION FROM A COURT PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE SUCH PERSON TO SUBMIT TO AN EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE HIS OR HER QUALIFICATIONS. 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: (XVI) WHEN THE HOLDER HAS FAILED TO APPLY TO THE COMMISSIONER WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF A COURT ORDER FOR A REEXAMINATION PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER, UNTIL THE HOLDER MAKES SUCH APPLICATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER. S 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1811 to read as follows: S 1811. REEXAMINATION. 1. UPON SENTENCING A PERSON CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE SIX OR ARTICLES TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY-SIX, TWENTY-EIGHT, TWEN- TY-NINE, THIRTY, THIRTY-ONE, THIRTY-TWO, AND SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF ANY ORDINANCE, ORDER, RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED THIRTY OR SIXTEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER AND EITHER (A) SUCH PERSON WAS CONVICTED TWO OR MORE TIMES WITHIN THE PREVIOUS EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF ANY SUCH PROVISION, ORDINANCE, ORDER, RULE OR REGULATION OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF NOT ARISING FROM THE SAME INCIDENT OR (B) THE COURT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03713-01-9
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