STATE OF NEW YORK
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9504--A
IN SENATE
May 16, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 1174 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 254 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 (c) Every person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of this
5 section shall: for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
6 not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than four hundred
7 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such
8 fine and imprisonment; for a conviction of a second violation, both of
9 which were committed within a period of three years, such person shall
10 be punished by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars nor more than
11 seven hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one
12 hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a
13 conviction of a third or subsequent violation, all of which were commit-
14 ted within a period of three years, such person shall be punished by a
15 fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one
16 thousand five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one
17 hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
19 ing the date on which it shall have become a law, and shall apply to
20 violations occurring on and after such date. Effective immediately, the
21 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
22 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
23 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07685-03-4
