Requires the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person who was operating a motor vehicle at the time of an accident which resulted in a fatality.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1506
SPONSOR: Carroll TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person
who was operating a motor vehicle at the time of an accident which
resulted in a fatality
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To require the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend the driver's
license of a driver involved in a motor vehicle crash resulting in a
death. The duration of the mandatory suspension is 60 days as a cooling
off period. Following there is mandatory completion of a driver safety
course and reexamination.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle 2
and traffic law is amended to require a the mandatory suspension of a
driver's license for period of no less than 60 days, but no greater than
the time required to complete a mandatory training package which will
not commence before the 60th day following the accident which resulted
in the suspension.
Section 2 states the act shall take effect on the first of September
next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
lation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Traffic crashes involving fatalities are traumatic for all parties
involved. Law enforcement needs additional time to assess the caused
potential culpability of parties involved. At a minimum, drivers
involved in such accidents should be required to receive additional
training and awareness of proper motor vehicle operation to ensure safe-
ty of pedestrians and other drivers alike. A minimum 60 day cooling off
period, followed by mandatory training will address these issues.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.8680 of 2019-20
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
TBD
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have
become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1506
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person
who was operating a motor vehicle at the time of an accident which
resulted in a fatality
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle
2 and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to read
3 as follows:
4 (xviii) for a period no less than sixty days but no later than the
5 successful completion of the requirements set forth under this subpara-
6 graph where the holder was operating a motor vehicle at the time of an
7 accident which resulted in a fatality. A person whose license was
8 suspended under this subparagraph shall not have their license restored
9 before the successful recompletion of all requirements under subdivision
10 four of section five hundred two of this article for such license which
11 shall not take place before the sixtieth day after the accident which
12 resulted in the suspension.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next
14 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective imme-
15 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
16 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
17 authorized 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.
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