Bill Text: NY A09063 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-12 - referred to transportation [A09063 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09063-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9063
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 12, 2014
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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
   22  section  one  of this act, as he or she deems appropriate. The fee shall
   23  be paid by applicants for a class D license who are  under  the  age  of
   24  twenty-five.    All revenues generated by such fees shall be expended to
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13591-03-4
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    1  cover the costs of implementing the driver's safety course  program  and
    2  the processing of any information necessary to implementing the program.
    3    S  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    4  ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.