Bill Text: NY S03389 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3389 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in a school traffic control zone are doubled; further requires such zones to be marked by a traffic light or stop sign.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-05 - referred to transportation [S03389 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03389-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3389
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 6, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 doubling the
         fines for traffic infractions and traffic  misdemeanors  committed  in
         school traffic control zones
         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  two  new
    2  sections 1800-a and 1801-a to read as follows:
    3    S  1800-A. SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE; TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.  NOTWITH-
    4  STANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE  AND
    5  ANY  RULE  OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THAT PART OF ANY HIGHWAY ADJA-
    6  CENT TO A SCHOOL WHERE MAXIMUM SCHOOL  SPEED  LIMITS  HAVE  BEEN  ESTAB-
    7  LISHED, SHALL ALSO BE DESIGNATED A SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE AND SHALL
    8  BE  CLEARLY  MARKED WITH THE PLACEMENT OF EITHER A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP
    9  SIGN AT EVERY INTERSECTION OR CORNER IMMEDIATELY  SURROUNDING  A  SCHOOL
   10  SAFETY  ZONE  WITHIN SUCH SCHOOL ZONE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT NO TRAFFIC
   11  LIGHT OR STOP SIGN SHALL BE REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION IF  SUCH  INSTALLA-
   12  TION  WOULD,  BASED ON ENGINEERING JUDGMENT BY THE CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE
   13  HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE INTERSECTION OR CORNER, ENDANGER THE SAFETY
   14  OF MOTORISTS OR PEDESTRIANS, OR OTHERWISE NOT BE CONSISTENT  WITH  ENGI-
   15  NEERING  JUDGMENT  REGARDING  THE  PLACEMENT  OF  TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR STOP
   16  SIGNS.  ALL FINES FOR TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER WHICH
   17  ARE COMMITTED IN A SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE SHALL BE DOUBLE THE MAXI-
   18  MUM AMOUNT OTHERWISE SET OUT IN THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH INFRACTIONS.
   19    S 1801-A. SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE;  MISDEMEANORS.  NOTWITHSTANDING
   20  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE AND ANY
   21  RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ALL  FINES   FOR   MISDEMEANOR
   22  CONVICTIONS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS CHAPTER, WHICH ARE COMMITTED IN A SCHOOL
   23  TRAFFIC  CONTROL  ZONE,  AS  DESIGNATED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  EIGHTEEN
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 3389                             2
    1  HUNDRED-A  OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE DOUBLE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OTHERWISE
    2  SET OUT IN THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS.
    3    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law. Provided that the commissioner of motor  vehicles  is
    5  immediately  authorized  and directed to promulgate, amend and/or repeal
    6  any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of  this
    7  act on its effective date.