Bill Text: NY A07549 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the pre-licensing course to operate a motor vehicle to include information on organ and tissue donation and how to register as an organ donor.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-29 - print number 7549a [A07549 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A07549-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7549--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 2, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, GALEF, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring the pre-licensing course to include information on organ and tissue donation and how to register as an organ donor The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of 2 section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 97 of 3 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 4 (i) Upon submission of an application for a driver's license, the 5 applicant shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence 6 of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic, the 7 laws relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat- 8 ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", or "Work Zone Safe- 9 ty" awareness as defined by the commissioner, the law relating to exer- 10 cising due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or standing 11 authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle pursuant to section elev- 12 en hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, the ability to read and compre- 13 hend traffic signs and symbols and such other matters as the commission- 14 er may prescribe, and to satisfactorily complete a course prescribed by 15 the commissioner of not less than four hours and not more than five 16 hours, consisting of classroom driver training and highway safety 17 instruction or the equivalent thereof, and shall also include informa- 18 tion on organ and tissue donation and how to register as an organ donor. 19 Such test shall include at least seven written questions concerning the 20 effects of consumption of alcohol or drugs on the ability of a person to 21 operate a motor vehicle and the legal and financial consequences result- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11274-03-8A. 7549--A 2 1 ing from violations of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chap- 2 ter, prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influ- 3 ence of alcohol or drugs. Such test shall include one or more written 4 questions concerning the devastating effects of "Road Rage" on the abil- 5 ity of a person to operate a motor vehicle and the legal and financial 6 consequences resulting from assaulting, threatening or interfering with 7 the lawful conduct of another person legally using the roadway. Such 8 test shall include one or more questions concerning the potential 9 dangers to persons and equipment resulting from the unsafe operation of 10 a motor vehicle in a work zone. Such test may include one or more ques- 11 tions concerning the law for exercising due care to avoid colliding with 12 a parked, stopped or standing vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred 13 forty-four-a of this chapter. Such test shall be administered by the 14 commissioner. The commissioner shall cause the applicant to take a 15 vision test and a test for color blindness. Upon passage of the vision 16 test, the application may be accepted and the application fee shall be 17 payable. 18 § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 502 19 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 20 2017, is amended to read as follows: 21 (i) Upon submission of an application for a driver's license, the 22 applicant shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence 23 of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic, the 24 laws relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat- 25 ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", "Work Zone Safety" 26 awareness and "Motorcycle Safety" awareness as defined by the commis- 27 sioner, the law relating to exercising due care to avoid colliding with 28 a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard 29 vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, 30 the ability to read and comprehend traffic signs and symbols and such 31 other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and to satisfactorily 32 complete a course prescribed by the commissioner of not less than four 33 hours and not more than five hours, consisting of classroom driver 34 training and highway safety instruction or the equivalent thereof, and 35 shall also include information on organ and tissue donation and how to 36 register as an organ donor. Such test shall include at least seven 37 written questions concerning the effects of consumption of alcohol or 38 drugs on the ability of a person to operate a motor vehicle and the 39 legal and financial consequences resulting from violations of section 40 eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, prohibiting the operation of 41 a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such test 42 shall include one or more written questions concerning the devastating 43 effects of "Road Rage" on the ability of a person to operate a motor 44 vehicle and the legal and financial consequences resulting from assault- 45 ing, threatening or interfering with the lawful conduct of another 46 person legally using the roadway. Such test shall include one or more 47 questions concerning the potential dangers to persons and equipment 48 resulting from the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle in a work zone. 49 Such test may include one or more questions concerning motorcycle safe- 50 ty. Such test may include one or more questions concerning the law for 51 exercising due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or stand- 52 ing vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this 53 chapter. Such test shall be administered by the commissioner. The 54 commissioner shall cause the applicant to take a vision test and a test 55 for color blindness. Upon passage of the vision test, the application 56 may be accepted and the application fee shall be payable.A. 7549--A 3 1 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 2 ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, 3 that if chapter 355 of the laws of 2017 shall not have taken effect on 4 or before such effective date, then section two of this act shall take 5 effect on the same date and in the same manner as chapter 355 of the 6 laws of 2017 takes effect.
