A05399 Summary:
| BILL NO | A05399 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Brabenec |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §1806-a, V & T L | |
| Provides exemption from suspension of a driver's license for persons serving fulltime active military duty who fail to pay fines from traffic or parking violations. | |
A05399 Actions:
| BILL NO | A05399 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 03/10/2023 | referred to transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/03/2024 | referred to transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A05399 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5399 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing an exemption from suspension of a driver's license for persons serving on fulltime active military duty The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1806-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. In the event that a person charged with a traffic violation or 4 parking violation does not answer within the time specified and such 5 circumstance results in a default judgment of a fine, and such person 6 fails to pay such fine because such person serves on fulltime active 7 military duty, as defined in section one of the military law, the 8 commissioner shall not suspend such person's license, provided such 9 person or such person's representative submits proof satisfactory to the 10 commissioner that he or she is a member of the military forces and is 11 engaged in fulltime active military duty. Such person's license shall be 12 valid for up to six months after such person's release from fulltime 13 active military duty. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08896-01-3