S05120 Summary:

BILL NOS05120
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORCARLUCCI
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S1225-d, V & T L
 
Makes texting while driving a primary offense.
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S05120 Actions:

BILL NOS05120
 
05/03/2011REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/04/2012REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
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S05120 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S05120 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5120
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 3, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the  use  of
          portable electronic devices while driving
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 1225-d of the vehicle and  traffic
     2  law,  as added by chapter 403 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    6. A violation of this section shall be a traffic infraction and shall
     5  be punishable by a fine of not more  than  one  hundred  fifty  dollars.
     6  [Provided,  however,  that  a  summons  for operating a motor vehicle in
     7  violation of this section shall only be issued when there is  reasonable
     8  cause  to  believe  that  the  person  operating  such motor vehicle has
     9  committed a violation of the laws of this state other than  a  violation
    10  of this section.]
    11    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    12  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10558-01-1
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