What's happening
This bill makes speeding by an unlicensed driver a class A misdemeanor with increased fines and possible jail time.
Why it matters
Targets repeat offenders. The bill specifically increases penalties for those who are caught speeding without a license more than once within an 18-month period, aiming to deter habitual unlicensed driving.
Graduated penalties based on speeding severity. Fines and potential jail time escalate with how much the offender exceeded the speed limit, meaning harsher consequences for more dangerous behavior.
Expands enforcement options. The bill clarifies that it does not prevent authorities from impounding or even seeking forfeiture of a vehicle involved in these offenses, increasing possible consequences beyond fines and jail.
Signals increased seriousness of unlicensed driving. By classifying this act as a class A misdemeanor, the legislation elevates the legal and social consequences of both driving without a license and speeding, discouraging risky behavior by unlicensed individuals.
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Crack Down on Unlicensed Speeding
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- Enacting clause stricken
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2713
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 25, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to speeding by an unlicensed driver
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1183 to read as follows:
§ 1183. Speeding by an unlicensed driver. 1. Speeding by an unlicensed driver is hereby declared a class A misdemeanor, punishable as provided in this section.
2. Every person convicted of speeding who does not have a properly issued driver's license shall be punished as follows:
(a) where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable speed limit by not more than ten miles per hour, by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars;
(b) where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable speed limit by ten miles per hour or more but not more than thirty miles per hour, by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
(c) where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable speed limit by more than thirty miles per hour, by a fine of not less than one thousand five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00968-01-9
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3. The maximum fine for any subsequent conviction of speeding without a license which occurs within eighteen months of any such prior conviction may be increased by an additional five hundred dollars.
4. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as preventing or limiting the impounding or forfeiture of a motor vehicle as provided pursuant to section four hundred twenty-four of this chapter.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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