Bill Text: NY A00426 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 426 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires drivers between 16 and 25 years of age to take and pass the national safety council course, or a similar nationally recognized course in order to obtain a license or upon conviction of a moving violation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A00426 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00426-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          426
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SKARTADOS  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
         drivers  between sixteen and twenty-five years of age to take and pass
         the national safety council course, or a similar  nationally  approved
         course approved by the department of motor vehicles in order to obtain
         a license or upon conviction of a moving violation
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
    3    (C-1) AS A PREREQUISITE TO RECEIVING A LICENSE,  AN  APPLICANT  FOR  A
    4  CLASS  D  LICENSE  WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTEEN BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE
    5  YEARS OF AGE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE  AND  PASS  THE  NATIONAL  SAFETY
    6  COUNCIL  COURSE,  OR  A SIMILAR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COURSE APPROVED BY
    7  THE DEPARTMENT, RELATING  TO  YOUNG  DRIVER'S  ATTITUDES  AND  BEHAVIORS
    8  BEHIND  THE  WHEEL.  THE COURSE MUST BE NOT LESS THAN FOUR HOURS OR MORE
    9  THAN FIVE HOURS, CONSISTING OF CLASSROOM  INSTRUCTION  RELATING  TO  THE
   10  EFFECTS  OF  DRIVER INEXPERIENCE, PEER PRESSURE AND DISTRACTIONS SUCH AS
   11  CELL PHONES  AND  TEXTING;  WHY  YOUNG  DRIVERS  HAVE  SUCH  HIGH  CRASH
   12  VIOLATION  RATES  AND  HOW  DRIVING  BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES CONTRIBUTE;
   13  HAZARD RECOGNITION; ADOPTING SAFE DRIVING BEHAVIORS AND  PRACTICES,  AND
   14  RESPONSIBILITIES  OF  PASSENGERS.  ANY LICENSED DRIVER AT LEAST EIGHTEEN
   15  BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE WHO IS CONVICTED OF A  MOVING
   16  VIOLATION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE AND PASS THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
   17  COURSE,  OR  A  SIMILAR  NATIONALLY  RECOGNIZED  COURSE  APPROVED BY THE
   18  DEPARTMENT, RELATING TO YOUNG DRIVER'S ATTITUDES  AND  BEHAVIORS  BEHIND
   19  THE WHEEL.
   20    S  2. The commissioner of the department of motor vehicles will estab-
   21  lish an application fee  for  the  driver  safety  course  described  in
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00607-01-5
       A. 426                              2
    1  section  one  of this act, as he or she deems appropriate. The fee shall
    2  be paid by applicants for a class D license who are  under  the  age  of
    3  twenty-five.    All revenues generated by such fees shall be expended to
    4  cover  the  costs of implementing the driver's safety course program and
    5  the processing of any information necessary to implementing the program.
    6    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    7  ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.