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- Referred to transportation
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Provides for the establishment of standards for the permanent revocation of a license or operating privileges for persistent vehicle and traffic law offenders
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor James Tedisco
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BILL NUMBER:S1869
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the establishment of standards for the permanent revocation of a license or operating privileges for persistent vehicle and traffic law offenders
Purpose
To instruct the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to promulgate, by rule, standards for the permanent revocation of the driver's privilege to operate a motor vehicle for persistently dangerous drivers.
Summary of provisions
The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is instructed to establish, by rule, standards for the permanent revocation of driving privileges for those drivers who have accumulated an unacceptable number of serious motor vehicle offenses within established time frames of not less than five years (e.g., 4 such offenses within 5 years, 6 within 10 years, etc.) Serious motor vehicle offenses shall include
*Alcohol-related offenses; * A felony, class A misdemeanor and most unclassified misdemeanors of the vehicle & Traffic Law (VTL) involving the operation of a motor vehicle;
*A conviction for aggravated failure to answer tickets or pay fines;
*A conviction for any VTL violation for which revocation or suspension is mandatory; * Conviction under the Penal Law for causing the death or serious injury of a person; and *Any other offense deemed so, by rule, by the Commissioner.
The bill also would provide for the Commissioner to establish criteria for a "one-time" re-licensing opportunity under certain circumstances.
Existing law
There is no consistent statutory or regulatory policy for the permanent revocation of the driving privileges of persistent offenders.
Justification
The Legislature is on notice that persistently dangerous drivers continue to plague New York highways without facing consequences that should seem applicable. For example, the driver who killed Charlotte Gallo while speeding through a crosswalk, had on his record, ten motor vehicle accidents (several involving personal injury) and 23 motor vehicle convictions (19 moving) yet he was licensed when he ran over an innocent person. While the Commissioner is in the best position to adopt (and maintain) standards for the permanent revocation of the operating privileges of persistently dangerous drivers -to date that has not occurred with any measure of consistency or predictability.
This bill balances clear legislative intent to remove these drivers from our highways, with the need to provide the expertise and flexibility of the regulatory process.
Legislative history
2014: A.6156; amend and recommit to transportation 2014: A.6156; print number 6156a 2014: S.6625; REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
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