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1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Amended on third reading 7064c
- Amended on third reading 7064b
- Ordered to third reading cal.468
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Recommitted to rules
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Passed senate
- 3rd reading cal.715
- Substituted for S6018
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
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- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.590
- Rules report cal.590
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to codes
- Amend by restoring to original print 7064
- Print number 7064a
- Amend and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
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Establishes a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and infractions in Suffolk and Nassau counties
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Brian X. Foley
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A7064C
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law, in relation to a mandatory surcharge for traffic offenses and infractions in Suffolk and Nassau counties
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:; To impose a mandatory fifty dollar surcharge on certain traffic offense and infraction convictions adjudi- cated in the Suffolk County or Nassau County Police Districts.
Summary of specific provisions
This legislation amends the general municipal law, the vehicle and traffic law, the state finance law, and the criminal procedure law to impose a mandatory fifty dollar surcharge on certain traffic offense and infraction convictions adjudicated in the Suffolk County or Nassau County Police Districts. This would enable Suffolk and Nassau Counties to raise revenues to offset the costs asso- ciated with providing adequate patrols on the Long Island Expressway and portions of Sunrise Highway which are State roads.
Justification
Due to the fact that the Long Island Expressway and Sunrise Highway do not currently have a sufficient number of Suffolk County Police Department patrolling officers, this legislation would generate approximately 56.7 million in revenue for Suffolk County and approximately $7.9 million in revenue for Nassau County to help offset the costs of properly staffing the patrol units for these state roads, according to the state Division of Budget. Nassau and Suffolk each spend roughly $12 million per year policing their sections of the Long Island Expressway and Sunrise Highway which are state roads and which should be patrolled by New York State Troopers. Suffolk and Nassau Counties do not receive reimbursement from the State as other areas in the State do when supplementing those patrols. Depending on the accuracy of the projections by D013, this legislation will substantially cover the coun- ties' policing costs for these roads. This legislation therefore covers law enforcement expenses by surcharging those who break the law and drive these costs, i.e. people who drive over the speed limit or under the influence, among other violations.
Prior legislative history
None
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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