Bill Text: NY S08279 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8279 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires a person issued a driver's license or permit to report the instance of a medically diagnosed seizure to the commissioner of motor vehicles within sixty days of such seizure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-26 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S08279 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08279-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8279
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 26, 2018
                                       ___________
        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  requiring
          persons  issued a driver's license or permit to report the instance of
          a medically diagnosed seizure to the commissioner of motor vehicles
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. Required reporting. The commissioner  shall  promulgate  rules  and
     4  regulations  requiring  any person issued a license or permit under this
     5  article to report the instance of a medically diagnosed seizure  experi-
     6  enced  by  such  person  to  the  commissioner within sixty days of such
     7  seizure.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     9  have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
    10  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    11  of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
    12  and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15545-01-8