Bill Text: NY S02575 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires proof of at least six hours of driving experience under a certified instructor prior to issuance of licenses for certain drivers and motorcyclists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02575 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02575-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2575

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to additional
          requirements for licensing certain drivers and motorcyclists

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 502 of the vehi-
     2  cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 215 of the laws of  2010,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (c) An applicant for a class D or M license shall be at least eighteen
     5  years of age, except that an application shall be accepted if the appli-
     6  cant  is at least seventeen years of age and submits acceptable proof of
     7  successful completion of a driver  education  course,  approved  by  the
     8  state education department and the commissioner, and proof of completion
     9  of  the minimum hours of supervised driving as required in paragraph (d)
    10  of this subdivision. An applicant for a class D or M license who  is  at
    11  least eighteen years of age shall further be required to submit accepta-
    12  ble  proof  of  at  least six hours experience operating a motor vehicle
    13  under the supervision of a driving school instructor pursuant to  subdi-
    14  vision seven-a of section three hundred ninety-four of this chapter.
    15    §  2.  Subdivision  2 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is
    16  amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
    17    (e) An applicant for a class DJ or MJ license  shall  be  required  to
    18  submit  acceptable  proof  of  at least six hours experience operating a
    19  motor vehicle under the  supervision  of  a  driving  school  instructor
    20  pursuant  to subdivision seven-a of section three hundred ninety-four of
    21  this chapter.
    22    § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
    23  amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
    24    (i)  Supervised  driver training certificate fee. The fee for a super-
    25  vised driver training certificate provided by the department to an enti-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04829-01-3

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     1  ty that is approved by  the  commissioner  to  offer  supervised  driver
     2  training,  as  required  in  paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision two of this
     3  section for a class D or M license applicant  or  in  paragraph  (e)  of
     4  subdivision  two of this section for a class DJ or MJ license applicant,
     5  for issuance by such entity to a pre-licensee upon their  completion  of
     6  such training, shall be one dollar. Such fee shall be paid by such enti-
     7  ty and shall not be charged to a pre-licensee in any manner.
     8    § 4. Subdivision 7-a of section 394 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
     9  added by chapter 644 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
    10    7-a.  Certification  of driving time. The commissioner shall establish
    11  by regulation a certification process by drivers' schools of the  amount
    12  of time a holder of a learner's permit has spent operating a motor vehi-
    13  cle  or  motorcycle  while  under the immediate supervision of a driving
    14  instructor holding an instructor's certificate issued pursuant to subdi-
    15  vision eight of this section.  A  certificate  of  driving  time  issued
    16  pursuant  to  this  [section] subdivision shall be deemed to be proof of
    17  all or a portion of the supervised  driving  experience  required  under
    18  certification  pursuant to paragraph (c), (d), or (e) of subdivision two
    19  of section five hundred two of this chapter.
    20    § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    21  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    22  ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations   necessary    for    the
    23  implementation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized  to be
    24  made on or before such effective date.
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