S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2136
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 11, 2013
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       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 doubling the
         fines for traffic infractions and traffic  misdemeanors  committed  in
         school traffic control zones
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding  two  new
    2  sections 1800-a and 1801-a to read as follows:
    3    S  1800-A. SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE; TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.  NOTWITH-
    4  STANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE  AND
    5  ANY  RULE  OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THAT PART OF ANY HIGHWAY ADJA-
    6  CENT TO A SCHOOL WHERE MAXIMUM SCHOOL  SPEED  LIMITS  HAVE  BEEN  ESTAB-
    7  LISHED, SHALL ALSO BE DESIGNATED A SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE AND SHALL
    8  BE  CLEARLY  MARKED WITH THE PLACEMENT OF EITHER A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP
    9  SIGN AT EVERY INTERSECTION OR CORNER IMMEDIATELY  SURROUNDING  A  SCHOOL
   10  SAFETY  ZONE  WITHIN SUCH SCHOOL ZONE. ALL FINES FOR TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS
   11  PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, EXCEPT FOR THE FINES FOR SPEEDING IN A  SCHOOL
   12  SPEED  ZONE  AS  SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH FOUR OF SUBDIVISION (H) OF SECTION
   13  ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER, WHICH ARE COMMITTED IN  A  SCHOOL
   14  TRAFFIC  CONTROL  ZONE  SHALL BE DOUBLE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OTHERWISE SET
   15  OUT IN THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH INFRACTIONS.
   16    S 1801-A. SCHOOL TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE;  MISDEMEANORS.  NOTWITHSTANDING
   17  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE AND ANY
   18  RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ALL  FINES   FOR   MISDEMEANOR
   19  CONVICTIONS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS CHAPTER, WHICH ARE COMMITTED IN A SCHOOL
   20  TRAFFIC  CONTROL  ZONE,  AS  DESIGNATED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  EIGHTEEN
   21  HUNDRED-A  OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE DOUBLE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OTHERWISE
   22  SET OUT IN THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   24  have  become  a law. Provided that the commissioner of motor vehicles is
   25  immediately authorized and directed to promulgate, amend  and/or  repeal
   26  any  rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
   27  act on its effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03851-01-3