A04054 Summary:
BILL NO | A04054 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S01244 |
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SPONSOR | Gantt (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Galef, Latimer, Cusick, Englebright |
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MLTSPNSR | Jaffee, Pheffer, Sweeney |
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Add S223-a, amd S1809, V & T L; amd S3650, Ed L; add S89-h, St Fin L | |
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Provides for the transfer of a portion of fines issued for illegally passing a school bus to the comprehensive school bus driver safety training program for the study and promotion of issues involving school bus safety; establishes a school bus motorist education fund. |
A04054 Actions:
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01/29/2009 | referred to transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2009 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2009 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2009 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2009 | rules report cal.366 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2009 | ordered to third reading rules cal.366 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2009 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/16/2009 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2009 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2010 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2010 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2010 | ordered to third reading cal.304 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/24/2010 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/24/2010 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/24/2010 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
A04054 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Canestrari
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kellner
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Sayward
Yes
Alessi
ER
Carrozza
Yes
Gabryszak
Yes
Kolb
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Scarborough
Yes
Alfano
Yes
Castro
Yes
Galef
Yes
Koon
Yes
O'Mara
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Amedore
Yes
Christensen
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lancman
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gianaris
Yes
Latimer
Yes
Parment
Yes
Schroeder
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gibson
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Scozzafava
Yes
Bacalles
Yes
Conte
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Peoples
ER
Seminerio
Yes
Ball
Yes
Cook
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peralta
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Gordon
Yes
Lopez PD
Yes
Perry
Yes
Spano
Yes
Barra
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez VJ
Yes
Pheffer
Yes
Stirpe
ER
Barron
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Powell
Yes
Sweeney
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magee
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Benjamin
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hayes
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Quinn
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bing
Yes
DelMonte
Yes
Heastie
Yes
Maisel
Yes
Rabbitt
Yes
Titone
Yes
Boyland
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Markey
Yes
Raia
Yes
Titus
Yes
Boyle
Yes
Destito
Yes
Hikind
ER
Mayersohn
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tobacco
Yes
Bradley
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Reilich
Yes
Towns
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Hoyt
Yes
McEneny
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Townsend
Yes
Brodsky
Yes
Eddington
Yes
Hyer Spencer
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brook Krasny
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jacobs
Yes
Meng
Yes
Rivera N
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burling
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Miller
Yes
Rivera PM
Yes
Weisenberg
Yes
Butler
Yes
Espaillat
Yes
Jeffries
Yes
Millman
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Farrell
Yes
John
Yes
Molinaro
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Wright
Yes
Calhoun
Yes
Fields
Yes
Jordan
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Russell
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Camara
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
Yes
Abbate
ER
Carrozza
Yes
Gabryszak
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Murray
Yes
Russell
Yes
Alessi
Yes
Castelli
Yes
Galef
Yes
Koon
ER
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Alfano
Yes
Castro
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lancman
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Sayward
Yes
Amedore
Yes
Christensen
Yes
Gianaris
Yes
Latimer
ER
O'Donnell
ER
Scarborough
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gibson
Yes
Lavine
Yes
O'Mara
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Colton
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
ER
Ortiz
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Bacalles
Yes
Conte
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Parment
Yes
Schroeder
Yes
Ball
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gordon
Yes
Lopez PD
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Scozzafava
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez VJ
Yes
Peoples
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barra
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupardo
ER
Peralta
Yes
Spano
Yes
Barron
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hayes
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pheffer
Yes
Sweeney
Yes
Benjamin
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Heastie
Yes
Maisel
Yes
Powell
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Bing
Yes
DelMonte
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Markey
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Boyland
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
ER
Mayersohn
Yes
Quinn
Yes
Titone
Yes
Boyle
Yes
Destito
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Rabbitt
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hoyt
Yes
McEneny
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tobacco
Yes
Brodsky
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Hyer Spencer
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Towns
Yes
Brook Krasny
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jacobs
Yes
Meng
Yes
Reilich
Yes
Townsend
Yes
Burling
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Miller JM
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Butler
Yes
Espaillat
Yes
Jeffries
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Weisenberg
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Farrell
Yes
John
Yes
Millman
Yes
Rivera N
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Calhoun
Yes
Fields
Yes
Jordan
Yes
Molinaro
Yes
Rivera PM
Yes
Wright
Yes
Camara
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Canestrari
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kellner
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A04054 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4054 2009-2010 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GANTT, GALEF, LATIMER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. JAFFEE, PHEFFER, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the education law, in relation to the illegal passing of school buses and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the school bus motorist education fund 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 a new 2 section 223-a to read as follows: 3 § 223-a. School bus motorist education program. The commissioner 4 shall, in conjunction with the governor's traffic safety committee, the 5 departments of education and transportation, the division of state 6 police, and the state comprehensive school bus driver safety training 7 council, design and implement a public education program to educate 8 motorists of the dangers of passing a school bus in violation of section 9 eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter, to reduce the number of 10 such incidents, and to promote school bus safety. 11 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as 12 amended by chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as 13 follows: 14 3. The mandatory surcharge provided for in subdivision one of this 15 section shall be paid to the clerk of the court or administrative tribu- 16 nal that rendered the conviction. Within the first ten days of the month 17 following collection of the mandatory surcharge the collecting authority 18 shall determine the amount of mandatory surcharge collected and, if it 19 is an administrative tribunal or a town or village justice court, it 20 shall pay such money to the state comptroller who shall deposit such 21 money in the state treasury pursuant to section one hundred twenty-one 22 of the state finance law to the credit of the general fund; provided, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03717-01-9A. 4054 2 1 however, that the comptroller shall deposit such money collected for 2 violations of section eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter to the 3 credit of the school bus motorist education fund established pursuant to 4 section eighty-nine-h of the state finance law. If such collecting 5 authority is any other court of the unified court system, it shall, 6 within such period, pay such money to the state commissioner of taxation 7 and finance to the credit of the criminal justice improvement account 8 established by section ninety-seven-bb of the state finance law; 9 provided, however, that the state commissioner of taxation and finance 10 shall deposit such money collected for violations of section eleven 11 hundred seventy-four of this chapter to the credit of the school bus 12 motorist education fund established pursuant to section eighty-nine-h of 13 the state finance law. The crime victim assistance fee provided for in 14 subdivision one of this section shall be paid to the clerk of the court 15 or administrative tribunal that rendered the conviction. Within the 16 first ten days of the month following collection of the crime victim 17 assistance fee, the collecting authority shall determine the amount of 18 crime victim assistance fee collected and, if it is an administrative 19 tribunal or a town or village justice court, it shall pay such money to 20 the state comptroller who shall deposit such money in the state treasury 21 pursuant to section one hundred twenty-one of the state finance law to 22 the credit of the criminal justice improvement account established by 23 section ninety-seven-bb of the state finance law. 24 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 3650 of the education law is amended by 25 adding a new paragraph f to read as follows: 26 f. Award and distribute grants, following appropriation by the legis- 27 lature which appropriation may include funds of the school bus motorist 28 education fund established pursuant to section eighty-nine-h of the 29 state finance law, for the study of issues involving the illegal passing 30 of stopped school buses, the development of proposals to reduce the 31 number of motorists passing school buses in violation of section eleven 32 hundred seventy-four of the vehicle and traffic law, and to promote 33 school bus safety. 34 § 4. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 89-h to 35 read as follows: 36 § 89-h. The school bus motorist education fund. 1. There is hereby 37 established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the 38 commissioner of taxation and finance a fund known as the school bus 39 motorist education fund. 40 2. Such fund shall consist of monies received by the state from any 41 court of the unified court system pursuant to section eighteen hundred 42 nine of the vehicle and traffic law for violations of section eleven 43 hundred seventy-four of such law, and all other fines, fees, grants, 44 bequests or other monies credited, appropriated or transferred thereto 45 from any other fund or source. 46 3. (a) Fifty percent of the monies of the fund, following appropri- 47 ation by the legislature, shall be made available to the state compre- 48 hensive school bus driver safety training council for the study of the 49 illegal passing of stopped school buses by motorists, and the develop- 50 ment of proposals to reduce the number of motorists passing school buses 51 in violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of the vehicle and 52 traffic law. 53 (b) The remaining fifty percent of the monies of such fund shall be 54 made available to the department of motor vehicles for the design and 55 implementation, in conjunction with the governor's traffic safety 56 committee, the departments of education and transportation, the divisionA. 4054 3 1 of the state police, and the state comprehensive school bus driver safe- 2 ty training council, of a public education program to further educate 3 motorists of the dangers of passing a school bus in violation of section 4 eleven hundred seventy-four of the vehicle and traffic law, to reduce 5 the number of such incidents, and to promote school bus safety. 6 4. The monies of the fund made available pursuant to paragraph (a) of 7 subdivision three of this section shall be paid out on the audit and 8 warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the 9 commissioner of education. The monies of the fund made available pursu- 10 ant to paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this section shall be paid 11 out on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved and 12 certified by the commissioner of motor vehicles. At the end of each year 13 any monies remaining in the fund shall be retained in the fund and shall 14 not revert to the general fund. The interest and income earned on money 15 in the fund, after deducting any applicable charges, shall be credited 16 to the fund. 17 § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 18 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.