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Senator · Senate District 5
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History
- Referred to transportation
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BILL NUMBER:S6849
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring driver responsibility assessments to be assessed and billed to a driver within three years of the date of the traffic infraction that resulted in the assessment
Purpose
This legislation requires driver responsibility assessments to be assessed and billed to a driver within three years of the date of the traffic infraction that resulted in the assessment.
Summary of provisions
Subdivision 4 of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e-1) to require driver responsibility assessments to be assessed and billed to a driver within three years of the date of the traffic infraction that resulted in the assessment.
Justification
The driver responsibility assessment is a fee a driver must pay to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) if convicted of certain traffic offenses in New York State or if the driver accumulates six or more points on their driving record within 18 months.
This legislation does not challenge the concept of the driver responsibility assessment, but rather the time frame in which it can be imposed on an individual. A constituent was convicted of speeding tickets in 2006 and paid their fines in full. Believing the case was closed, they were shocked to be contacted 7 years later, in 2013, and informed from DMV that a driver responsibility assessment was now due.
Seven years is too long of a period of time to attach the assessment to a conviction. This legislation would remedy this problem and require driver responsibility assessments to be assessed and billed to a driver within three years of the date of the traffic infraction.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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