Bill Text: NY A08275 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the distribution of information in the pre-licensing course to operate a motor vehicle on how to register as an organ and tissue donor.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-30 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY [A08275 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08275-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8275

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    November 27, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation

        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 379 of
     3  the laws of 2022, 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", "Work Zone Safety"
     9  awareness, "Motorcycle Safety" awareness and "Pedestrian  and  Bicyclist
    10  Safety"  awareness  as  defined by the commissioner, "School Bus Safety"
    11  awareness, the law relating to exercising due care  to  avoid  colliding
    12  with  a  parked,  stopped  or  standing  authorized emergency vehicle or
    13  hazard vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a  of  this
    14  chapter,  the  ability  to read and comprehend traffic signs and symbols
    15  and such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and to  satis-
    16  factorily  complete  a course prescribed by the commissioner of not less
    17  than four hours and not more than five hours,  consisting  of  classroom
    18  driver  training  and  highway  safety  instruction  or  the  equivalent
    19  thereof, and shall also include information on organ and tissue donation
    20  and how to register as an organ donor.  Such test shall include at least
    21  seven written questions concerning the effects of consumption of alcohol
    22  or drugs on the ability of a person to operate a motor vehicle  and  the
    23  legal  and  financial  consequences resulting from violations of section
    24  eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, prohibiting the operation  of

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03920-01-3
        A. 8275                             2

     1  a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such test
     2  shall  include  one or more written questions concerning the devastating
     3  effects of "Road Rage" on the ability of a person  to  operate  a  motor
     4  vehicle and the legal and financial consequences resulting from assault-
     5  ing,  threatening  or  interfering  with  the  lawful conduct of another
     6  person legally using the roadway. Such test shall include  one  or  more
     7  questions  concerning  the  potential  dangers  to persons and equipment
     8  resulting from the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle in a  work  zone.
     9  Such  test may include one or more questions concerning motorcycle safe-
    10  ty. Such test may include one or more questions concerning the  law  for
    11  exercising  due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or stand-
    12  ing vehicle pursuant to section  eleven  hundred  forty-four-a  of  this
    13  chapter.  Such  test may include one or more questions concerning school
    14  bus safety. Such test may  include  one  or  more  questions  concerning
    15  pedestrian  and bicyclist safety. Such test shall be administered by the
    16  commissioner. The commissioner shall  cause  the  applicant  to  take  a
    17  vision  test  and a test for color blindness. Upon passage of the vision
    18  test, the application may be accepted and the application fee  shall  be
    19  payable.
    20    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    21  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.