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S727Senate2015-2016 Session

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

Sponsor Carl L. MarcellinoSD-5Affects Transportation
Status
In Senate Committee
Transportation
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

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Primary sponsor
Carl L. Marcellino

Senator · Senate District 5

Chair, Infrastructure And Capital InvestmentChair, Investigations And Government Operations

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History

  1. Referred to transportation
  2. Referred to transportation

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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

S.6849 of 2014.

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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