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- Referred to transportation
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Relates to the surrender of certificates of registration and number plates
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Margaret Markey
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6385 REVISED 1/23/14
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the surrender of certificates of registration and number plates of all motor vehicles which a person has registered where such person has a suspended or revoked license
Summary of specific provisions
Section one of the bill amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section 403-c. The section would require any person who has had their license suspended or revoked pursuant to the vehicle and traffic law to surrender the certificates of registration and number plates of all motor vehicles which such person has registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Such revocation shall remain in effect as long as the suspension or revocation of such driver's license.
Section two of the bill is the effective date.
Justification
In recent months, more attention has been paid to the fact that drivers with suspended licenses in New York State are still getting behind the wheel - and killing people. Ten percent of all crashes in New York are caused by drivers with suspended or revoked licenses, and 75 percent of those drivers still get behind the wheel.
Often these drivers are suspended for reckless, dangerous, or drunken driving and are a menace to not only pedestrians like Noshat Nahian, the eight year old third grader at PS 152 who lost his life when he was hit by a tractor trailer while crossing Northern Boulevard at 61st Street, but also to other drivers on the road.
Licenses are suspended for a reason and suspending these license plates would keep dangerous drivers off the road.
Prior legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
This act should take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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