Bill Text: NY S05120 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes texting while driving a primary offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05120 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S05120-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5120
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 3, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 the use of
portable electronic devices while driving
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 1225-d of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as added by chapter 403 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 6. A violation of this section shall be a traffic infraction and shall
5 be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred fifty dollars.
6 [Provided, however, that a summons for operating a motor vehicle in
7 violation of this section shall only be issued when there is reasonable
8 cause to believe that the person operating such motor vehicle has
9 committed a violation of the laws of this state other than a violation
10 of this section.]
11 S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10558-01-1
