Bill Text: NY A03297 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that persons under 18 years of age charged with a traffic violation must appear in court with a parent or guardian to answer the charge; such person may not make an appearance by mail.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to transportation [A03297 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A03297-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3297
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 24, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
that persons who are under eighteen years of age and charged with a
traffic violation must appear in court with a parent or guardian
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
2 section 229 to read as follows:
3 S 229. APPEARANCES BY MINORS. ANY PERSON WHO IS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN
4 YEARS OF AGE AND WHO IS CHARGED WITH VIOLATING A PROVISION OF THIS CHAP-
5 TER SHALL NOT MAKE ANY COURT APPEARANCE UNLESS HE OR SHE IS ACCOMPANIED
6 BY HIS OR HER PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN. SUCH PERSON MAY NOT MAKE AN
7 APPEARANCE BY MAIL. IF SUCH PERSON IS REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY, SUCH
8 PERSON AND HIS OR HER PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST ACCOMPANY THE ATTORNEY TO
9 EACH AND EVERY COURT APPEARANCE.
10 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
11 it shall have become a law, provided that the commissioner of motor
12 vehicles is immediately authorized and directed to promulgate, amend
13 and/or repeal any rules and regulations necessary to implement the
14 provisions of this act on its effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03916-01-3
