A02361 Summary:

BILL NOA02361
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02136
 
SPONSORTitone (MS)
 
COSPNSRCusick, Benedetto
 
MLTSPNSRMcDonough, Weisenberg
 
Add SS1800-a & 1801-a, V & T L
 
Provides that the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in a school traffic control zone are doubled; further requires such zones to be marked by a traffic light or stop sign.
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A02361 Actions:

BILL NOA02361
 
01/14/2013referred to transportation
01/08/2014referred to transportation
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A02361 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A02361 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2361
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 14, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. TITONE, CUSICK, GABRYSZAK, BENEDETTO -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BOYLAND, McDONOUGH, WEISENBERG -- read  once
          and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to doubling the
          fines  for  traffic  infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in

          school traffic control zones
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new
     2  sections 1800-a and 1801-a to read as follows:
     3    § 1800-a. School traffic control zone; traffic infractions.   Notwith-
     4  standing  the provisions of section eighteen hundred of this article and
     5  any rule or regulation to the contrary, that part of any  highway  adja-
     6  cent  to  a  school  where  maximum school speed limits have been estab-
     7  lished, shall also be designated a school traffic control zone and shall
     8  be clearly marked with the placement of either a traffic light  or  stop
     9  sign  at  every  intersection or corner immediately surrounding a school

    10  safety zone within such school zone. All fines for  traffic  infractions
    11  pursuant  to this chapter, except for the fines for speeding in a school
    12  speed zone as set out in paragraph four of subdivision  (h)  of  section
    13  eleven  hundred  eighty of this chapter, which are committed in a school
    14  traffic control zone shall be double the maximum  amount  otherwise  set
    15  out in this chapter for such infractions.
    16    §  1801-a.  School traffic control zone; misdemeanors. Notwithstanding
    17  the provisions of section eighteen hundred one of this article  and  any
    18  rule   or   regulation  to  the  contrary,  all  fines  for  misdemeanor
    19  convictions pursuant to this chapter, which are committed  in  a  school

    20  traffic  control  zone,  as  designated  pursuant  to  section  eighteen
    21  hundred-a of this article, shall be double the maximum amount  otherwise
    22  set out in this chapter for such misdemeanor convictions.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03851-01-3

        A. 2361                             2
 
     1    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     2  have become a law. Provided that the commissioner of motor  vehicles  is
     3  immediately  authorized  and directed to promulgate, amend and/or repeal
     4  any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of  this
     5  act on its effective date.
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