Bill Text: NY S08057 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing a commercial driver's license (CDL) class A young adult licensing pilot program for qualified 18-20 year olds; such drivers shall not be permitted to drive after 9:00 PM and before 5:00 AM.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S08057 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08057-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8057--A
            Cal. No. 1346
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 22, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  RITCHIE,  GALLIVAN,  SEPULVEDA  -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Transportation -- reported favorably from said committee and committed
          to the Committee on Finance -- reported favorably from said committee,
          ordered  to  first  and  second  report,  ordered  to a third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
          third reading
        AN  ACT  to  amend the transportation law, in relation to establishing a
          commercial driver's license (CDL) class A young adult licensing  pilot
          program
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 36 to read as follows:
     3    36. (a) To promulgate, in consultation with the  department  of  motor
     4  vehicles,  rules and regulations to establish and implement a commercial
     5  driver's license (CDL) class A young adult licensing pilot program.
     6    (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms  shall  have
     7  the following meanings:
     8    (i)  "young  adult"  shall  mean  an individual who ranges in age from
     9  eighteen to twenty years old; and
    10    (ii) "qualified" shall mean such individual meets all required  quali-
    11  fications to become a licensed CDL class A driver, with the exception of
    12  the age requirement, within New York state.
    13    (c) (i) Such pilot program shall provide qualified young adult drivers
    14  with CDL class A driver's licenses.
    15    (ii)  Such  qualified  young  adult  drivers shall not be permitted to
    16  drive after nine o'clock post meridian  and  before  five  o'clock  ante
    17  meridiem under such pilot program.
    18    (d)  Such  pilot program shall commence on January first, two thousand
    19  nineteen.
    20    (e) The commissioner shall provide the governor, the temporary  presi-
    21  dent  of  the  senate,  and the speaker of the assembly with a report on
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  such pilot program on  January  first,  two  thousand  twenty-one.  Such
     2  report shall include:
     3    (i) the number of qualified drivers licensed under such pilot program;
     4    (ii) the number of qualified drivers licensed under such pilot program
     5  that ultimately became fully-licensed at the age of twenty-one;
     6    (iii) any safety concerns that occurred including, but not limited to,
     7  traffic violations and accidents; and
     8    (iv) any additional information the commissioner deems relevant.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.