Bill Text: NY S01187 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to increasing the fines associated with passing a stopped school bus by commercial motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01187 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S01187-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1187 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 increasing the fines associated with passing a stopped school bus by certain vehicles The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 1174 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 254 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 (c) [Every] 1. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph two of this 5 subdivision, every person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of 6 this section shall: for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a 7 fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than four 8 hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by 9 both such fine and imprisonment; for a conviction of a second violation, 10 both of which were committed within a period of three years, such person 11 shall be punished by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars nor 12 more than seven hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more 13 than one hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon 14 a conviction of a third or subsequent violation, all of which were 15 committed within a period of three years, such person shall be punished 16 by a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one 17 thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty 18 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. 19 2. Every person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of this 20 section while operating a commercial motor vehicle shall: for a first 21 conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred 22 dollars nor more than four hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not 23 more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a 24 conviction of a second violation, both of which were committed within a EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02290-01-9S. 1187 2 1 period of three years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not 2 less than six hundred fifty dollars nor more than seven hundred fifty 3 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or 4 by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction of a third or 5 subsequent violation, all of which were committed within a period of 6 three years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than 7 eight hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprison- 8 ment for not more than one hundred eighty days or by both such fine and 9 imprisonment. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "commercial motor 10 vehicle" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined by subdivi- 11 sion four of section five hundred one-a of this chapter. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 13 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate- 14 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation 15 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 16 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
