Bill Text: NY S06992 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to driving while using a portable electronic device; removes the requirement that there be reasonable cause a person using the device has committed a violation to issue a summons.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-10 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S06992 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S06992-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6992
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 4, 2010
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  DILAN, MARCELLINO, DIAZ, VOLKER -- (at request of
         the Governor) -- 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
         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 immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD12193-01-0
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