Allows "Safe-Teen-NY Driver" stickers to be placed on license plates of motor vehicles driven by individuals who are under 18 years old or placed on their parents' or legal guardians' motor vehicle license plates. / Sponsor: LANZA Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Provides that vehicles with permits for handicapped parking issued anywhere in the state may use all spaces for handicapped parking in the city of New York. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Authorizes certain cities to implement a pilot truck weight photo-monitoring system at certain intersections throughout the city; requires owners of trucks to be monetarily liable when an operator of their truck drives the truck on a public highway in violation of a posted "No Truck" zone; establishes certain affirmative defenses. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Provides that the photograph used on a driver's license shall not be more than 8 years old. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Creates a retired military personnel license plate; such distinctive plate would include the words "U.S. armed forces retired" and the person's branch insignia. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Relates to the use of portable electronic devices while driving; amends definitions relating thereto. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Increases fines for throwing refuse on highways and adjacent lands. / Sponsor: DEFRANCISCO Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Relates to requiring safety enclosures for motor buses used in mass transportation. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Directs the commissioner of transportation to erect signs in cities with a population of one million or more bearing the words "Special Needs Children At Play" in appropriate areas within such a city. / Sponsor: ADDABBO Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate; provides for the annual service charge collected to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive license plate development fund. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Makes the traffic infraction leaving the scene of an incident without reporting a class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Adirondack Coast Wine Trail". / Sponsor: LITTLE Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Allows the Thruway authority to offer discounted tokens to residents of Rockland and Westchester counties for Tappan Zee bridge crossings. / Sponsor: CARLUCCI Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Prohibits the use of radar and laser blocking devices in all motor vehicles. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Provides for the establishment of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island. / Sponsor: LANZA Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Directs the department of state to provide municipalities with reimbursement for 75% of the costs of making road, construction and excavation equipment less likely to rollover. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Directs the department of transportation to retain jurisdiction over and maintenance responsibilities for the route 219 bridge over the Cattaraugus Creek/Zoar Valley in the counties of Cattaraugus and Erie. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Establishes a motorcycle safety awareness component as a requirement for licensing. / Sponsor: RITCHIE Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Increases the minimum insurance coverage requirements for motor vehicles rented or leased in the state. / Sponsor: LIBOUS Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Authorizes the operation of farm vehicles within the state with a class D driver's license; eliminates the requirement for a farm endorsement to operate a farm vehicle; expands definition of "farm vehicle" to include a combination of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or less. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: TRANSPORTATION