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Senator · Senate District 42
History
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.294
- Referred to transportation
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–1
Show 4 earlier actions
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.20
- Referred to transportation
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Relates to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Michael Cusick
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1878
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus
Purpose or general idea of bill
To increase the penalties for passing a stopped school bus.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1: Amends subdivision c of section 1174 of the Vehicle and Traf- fic Law to allow for additional penalties for an individual convicted of passing a stopped school bus.
Section 2: Amends paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to include a new subparagraph (xvi) which provides for a sixty day suspension of an individual's drivers' license when the holder is convicted two or more times of passing a stopped school bus within a period of ten years.
Section 3: Effective date.
Justification
Current law provides that an individual convicted two or more times of speeding in a construction zone be subject to a sixty day suspension of his or her drivers' license. Passing a stopped school bus two or more times however, does not currently carry such a penalty. There is no doubt that passing a stopped school bus possesses as much, if not more, risk to life and limb as speeding in a construction zone and thus should have congruous penalties.
Legislative history
S.3099-A of 2012: Passed Senate, Died in Assembly Transportation S.3099-A of 2011: Passed Senate, Died in Assembly Trans- portation
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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