Bill Text: NY S09144 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to allowing the Yeshiva of Staten Island to provide driver education courses in alternate locations including at the Arthur Kill Road Jewish Community Center of Staten Island and the Manor Road Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, located in the county of Richmond.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-08-01 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09144 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S09144-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9144 IN SENATE August 1, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing the Yeshiva of Staten Island to provide driver education courses in alter- nate locations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 507 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 215 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 1. Driver education. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this 5 article, a class D or class M license, whichever is appropriate, may be 6 issued to a minor seventeen years of age who has successfully completed 7 a driver education course approved by the state education department and 8 the commissioner in a high school or college and who has submitted proof 9 of completion of the minimum hours of supervised driving as required in 10 paragraph (d) of subdivision two of section five hundred two of this 11 article; provided however, the Yeshiva of Staten Island, which operates 12 as a high school, may provide driver education courses at the Arthur 13 Kill Road Jewish Community Center of Staten Island and the Manor Road 14 Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, located in the county of Rich- 15 mond. No such driver education course may be approved unless classroom 16 training is provided by a person approved by the state education depart- 17 ment and the commissioner. However, a school district may contract with 18 one or more licensed drivers' schools to provide behind the wheel train- 19 ing, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner. The 20 commissioner shall prescribe the requirements for licensing of such 21 minors. A student enrolled in such an approved driver education course 22 may operate a motor vehicle without holding a driver's license or a 23 learner's permit while under the immediate supervision of an instructor 24 in such course or a driver's school instructor providing behind the 25 wheel training in such a course, provided such operation is in accord- 26 ance with the rules established by the commissioner. Every student who 27 successfully completes such course in a day, evening or summer school EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16290-01-8S. 9144 2 1 program offered by a public or private school shall receive certif- 2 ication of such completion on a certificate prescribed by the commis- 3 sioner. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.