What's happening
This bill requires a 60-day driver's license suspension for anyone convicted of two school zone speed limit violations within 18 months.
Why it matters
Targets repeat school zone speeders. By mandating a 60-day suspension after two violations in 18 months, this law specifically addresses drivers who repeatedly speed in school zones, aiming to deter habitual offenders rather than just first-time violators.
Heightens consequences for risky driving near schools. The suspension is a significant penalty, demonstrating that the state views speeding near schools as a serious safety threat to children and pedestrians, beyond just issuing fines or points.
Could impact daily life and employment. For those who rely on driving for work, school, or family commitments, a 60-day license suspension could have major personal and professional consequences, making compliance with school zone speed limits more critical.
Signals a broader push for school zone safety. This amendment is part of ongoing efforts to protect students and reduce traffic-related injuries around schools, potentially leading to increased enforcement and awareness of school zone laws statewide.
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Suspend Repeat School Speeders
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to codes
- Print number 704b
- Amend (t) and recommit to codes
- Reported referred to codes
- Print number 704a
- Amend (t) and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Suspend Licenses for Repeat Speeders
In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor James Sanders Jr.
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
704--B
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person convicted of two violations of school zone speed limits within eighteen months
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to read as follows:
(xviii) for a period of sixty days where the holder is convicted of two violations, committed within a period of eighteen months, of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05670-04-9
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