Relates to restrictions on class DJ and class MJ licenses in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk by permitting such licensees to drive to and from school between the hours of 5 AM and 9 PM.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9390
IN ASSEMBLY
February 29, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the
restrictions on class DJ and class MJ licenses in the counties of
Nassau and Suffolk by permitting such licensees to drive to and from
school between the hours of five in the morning to nine o'clock in the
evening
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 501 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as added by chapter 449 of the laws of 1989, the subdivision head-
3 ing and first undesignated paragraph as amended by chapter 173 of the
4 laws of 1990 and subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) as amended by chap-
5 ter 644 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
6 3. Restrictions on use of class DJ and class MJ licenses. A class DJ
7 or class MJ license shall permit the holder to operate a vehicle in
8 accordance with the following restrictions:
9 (a) in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk:
10 (i) for the purpose of driving to and from a state-approved cooper-
11 ative work-study educational program, or to or from an approved program
12 for credit in a post-secondary institution, or to or from a state-ap-
13 proved registered evening high school or while engaged in farm employ-
14 ment, or to or from an approved driver education course; or
15 (ii) from five o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in the evening,
16 when going to or from school, or to and from a place of business where
17 the holder is regularly employed, or when accompanied by a duly licensed
18 parent, guardian, person in a position of loco parentis, driver educa-
19 tion teacher, or driving school instructor.
20 (b) in all other areas of the state, except for the city of New York:
21 (i) from five o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in the evening;
22 or
23 (ii) from nine o'clock in the evening to five o'clock in the morning
24 when going to or from school, or to or from a place of business where
25 the holder is employed on a regularly scheduled basis, or when accompa-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 nied by a duly licensed parent, guardian or one in a position of loco
2 parentis to the licensee.
3 (c) in the city of New York, driving shall be prohibited.
4 (d) for the purpose of this subdivision, the term "school" shall mean
5 instruction, education or training licensed or approved by a department
6 or agency of the state or training conducted by the armed forces of the
7 United States except it shall not include extra-curricular activities or
8 social events for which scholastic credits are not given.
9 (e) any person operating a motor vehicle to or from school or to or
10 from a place of business as authorized by this subdivision must possess
11 documentation signed by such person's instructor or employer. The
12 commissioner shall, by regulation, prescribe the form and content of
13 such documentation.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
