A06535 Summary:

BILL NOA06535
 
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Amd S1809, V & T L
 
Enacts Clarente's Law, imposing a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee for a moving violation occurring within a school traffic safety and speed zone.
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A06535 Actions:

BILL NOA06535
 
03/26/2015referred to transportation
05/28/2015reported referred to codes
01/06/2016referred to transportation
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A06535 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6535
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 26, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  surcharges
          for moving violations in school traffic safety and speed zones
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  "Clarente's
     2  Law".
     3    §  2. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
     4  amended by section 2 of part DD of chapter 56 of the laws of  2008,  the
     5  opening  paragraph  and  paragraph (c) as separately amended by chapters
     6  43, 99, 101 and 123 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
     7    1. Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or  a  court  of
     8  this state result in a conviction for an offense under this chapter or a
     9  traffic  infraction  under this chapter, or a local law, ordinance, rule
    10  or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter,  other  than  a  traffic
    11  infraction  involving  standing,  stopping,  or parking or violations by
    12  pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than an adjudication of liability of
    13  an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of  section  eleven  hundred
    14  eleven  of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  section  eleven hundred
    15  eleven-a of this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability  of
    16  an  owner  for  a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred
    17  eleven of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred
    18  eleven-b  of  this  chapter, or other than an adjudication in accordance
    19  with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for a violation  of
    20  a  bus  lane  restriction  as  defined in such section, or other than an
    21  adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d)
    22  of section eleven hundred eleven of  this  chapter  in  accordance  with
    23  section  eleven hundred eleven-d of this chapter, or other than an adju-
    24  dication of liability of an owner for a violation  of  subdivision  (b),
    25  (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05847-01-5

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     1  accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-b of this chapter, or
     2  other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for a  violation  of
     3  subdivision  (b),  (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty
     4  of  this  chapter  in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-c of
     5  this chapter, there shall be levied a crime victim assistance fee and  a
     6  mandatory  surcharge,  in addition to any sentence required or permitted
     7  by law, in accordance with the following schedule:
     8    (a) Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a  court  of
     9  this  state  result in a conviction for a traffic infraction pursuant to
    10  article nine of this chapter, there  shall  be  levied  a  crime  victim
    11  assistance  fee in the amount of five dollars and a mandatory surcharge,
    12  in addition to any sentence required or permitted by law, in the  amount
    13  of twenty-five dollars.
    14    (b)  Whenever  proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of
    15  this state result in a conviction for a misdemeanor or  felony  pursuant
    16  to  section  eleven  hundred  ninety-two of this chapter, there shall be
    17  levied, in addition to any sentence required  or  permitted  by  law,  a
    18  crime  victim  assistance fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars and a
    19  mandatory surcharge in accordance with the following schedule:
    20    (i) a person convicted of a felony shall pay a mandatory surcharge  of
    21  three hundred dollars;
    22    (ii)  a  person  convicted  of  a  misdemeanor  shall  pay a mandatory
    23  surcharge of one hundred seventy-five dollars.
    24    (c) Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a  court  of
    25  this  state  result  in  a  conviction for an offense under this chapter
    26  other than a crime pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this
    27  chapter, or a traffic infraction under this chapter,  or  a  local  law,
    28  ordinance,  rule  or  regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, other
    29  than a traffic infraction involving standing, stopping,  or  parking  or
    30  violations  by  pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than an adjudication
    31  of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d)  of  section
    32  eleven  hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section eleven
    33  hundred eleven-a of this chapter,  or  other  than  an  adjudication  of
    34  liability  of  an  owner  for  a violation of subdivision (d) of section
    35  eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section  eleven
    36  hundred  eleven-b  of  this  chapter,  or  other than an adjudication of
    37  liability of an owner for a violation  of  subdivision  (d)  of  section
    38  eleven  hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section eleven
    39  hundred eleven-d of this chapter, or other than an  infraction  pursuant
    40  to article nine of this chapter or other than an adjudication of liabil-
    41  ity  of an owner for a violation of toll collection regulations pursuant
    42  to section two thousand nine hundred eighty-five of the public  authori-
    43  ties law or sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven
    44  hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty or other than
    45  an  adjudication  in  accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of
    46  this chapter for a violation of a bus lane  restriction  as  defined  in
    47  such section, or other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for
    48  a  violation  of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven
    49  hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred
    50  eighty-b of this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability  of
    51  an  owner  for  a  violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of
    52  section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in accordance with section
    53  eleven hundred eighty-c of this chapter, or other than a conviction  for
    54  which  a  mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee are levied
    55  pursuant to paragraph (d) of this subdivision, there shall be  levied  a
    56  crime victim assistance fee in the amount of five dollars and a mandato-

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     1  ry  surcharge, in addition to any sentence required or permitted by law,
     2  in the amount of fifty-five dollars.
     3    (d)(i) Whenever:
     4    (A) proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of this state
     5  result  in  a conviction for an offense under this chapter (other than a
     6  crime pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter)  or
     7  for  a traffic infraction under this chapter or under a local law, ordi-
     8  nance, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter; and
     9    (B) such offense or infraction occurs within a school  traffic  safety
    10  and  speed  zone  when  a school speed limit is in effect as provided in
    11  paragraphs one and two of subdivision  (c)  of  section  eleven  hundred
    12  eighty  of this chapter, there shall be levied a crime victim assistance
    13  fee in the amount of five dollars  and  a  mandatory  surcharge  in  the
    14  amount  of seventy-five dollars, in addition to any sentence required or
    15  permitted by law.
    16    (ii) The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to: (A)  traffic
    17  infractions  involving standing, stopping, or parking; (B) violations by
    18  pedestrians or bicyclists; (C) an adjudication of liability of an  owner
    19  for  a  violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of
    20  this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of  this
    21  chapter;  (D) an infraction pursuant to article nine of this chapter; or
    22  (E) an adjudication of liability of an owner for  a  violation  of  toll
    23  collection  regulations  pursuant  to  section two thousand nine hundred
    24  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law  or  sections  sixteen-a,
    25  sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c  of  chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the
    26  laws of nineteen hundred fifty.
    27    (iii) For the purposes of this paragraph,  the  term  "school  traffic
    28  safety  and speed zone" shall mean a distance not to exceed one thousand
    29  three hundred twenty feet  on  a  highway  passing  a  school  building,
    30  entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway for which a maximum
    31  school speed limit has been established as authorized in section sixteen
    32  hundred  twenty,  sixteen  hundred  twenty-two,  sixteen hundred thirty,
    33  sixteen hundred forty-three or sixteen hundred sixty-two-a of this chap-
    34  ter.
    35    § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law,  as
    36  separately  amended  by  section  3-a  of chapter 43 and section 10-a of
    37  chapters 99, 101 and 123 of the laws of 2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
    38  follows:
    39    1.  (a)  Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court
    40  of this state result in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
    41  traffic infraction under this chapter, or a local law,  ordinance,  rule
    42  or  regulation  adopted  pursuant  to this chapter, other than a traffic
    43  infraction involving standing, stopping, parking or motor vehicle equip-
    44  ment or violations by pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than an  adju-
    45  dication  of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (d) of
    46  section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section
    47  eleven hundred eleven-a of this chapter, or other than an conviction for
    48  which a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance free are  levied
    49  pursuant  to  paragraph (b) of this subdivision or other than an adjudi-
    50  cation of liability of an owner for a violation of  subdivision  (d)  of
    51  section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section
    52  eleven  hundred  eleven-b of this chapter, or other than an adjudication
    53  in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chapter for a
    54  violation of a bus lane restriction as defined in such section, or other
    55  than an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of  subdi-
    56  vision  (d)  of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accord-

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     1  ance with section eleven hundred eleven-d of this chapter, or other than
     2  an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of  subdivision
     3  (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
     4  ter  in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter,
     5  or other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for  a  violation
     6  of  subdivision  (b),  (c),  (d),  (f)  or (g) of section eleven hundred
     7  eighty of this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred  eight-
     8  y-c  of  this  chapter,  there shall be levied a mandatory surcharge, in
     9  addition to any sentence required or permitted by law, in the amount  of
    10  twenty-five dollars.
    11    (b)(i) Whenever:
    12    (A) proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of this state
    13  result  in  a conviction for an offense under this chapter (other than a
    14  crime pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter)  or
    15  for  a traffic infraction under this chapter or under a local law, ordi-
    16  nance, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter; and
    17    (B) such offense or infraction occurs within a school  traffic  safety
    18  and  speed  zone  when  a school speed limit is in effect as provided in
    19  paragraphs one and two of subdivision  (c)  of  section  eleven  hundred
    20  eighty  of this chapter, there shall be levied a crime victim assistance
    21  fee in the amount of five dollars  and  a  mandatory  surcharge  in  the
    22  amount  of seventy-five dollars, in addition to any sentence required or
    23  permitted by law.
    24    (ii) The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to: (A)  traffic
    25  infractions  involving standing, stopping, or parking; (B) violations by
    26  pedestrians or bicyclists; (C) an adjudication of liability of an  owner
    27  for  a  violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of
    28  this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of  this
    29  chapter;  (D) an infraction pursuant to article nine of this chapter; or
    30  (E) an adjudication of liability of an owner for  a  violation  of  toll
    31  collection  regulations  pursuant  to  section two thousand nine hundred
    32  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law  or  sections  sixteen-a,
    33  sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c  of  chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the
    34  laws of nineteen hundred fifty.
    35    (iii) For the purposes of this paragraph,  the  term  "school  traffic
    36  safety  and speed zone" shall mean a distance not to exceed one thousand
    37  three hundred twenty feet  on  a  highway  passing  a  school  building,
    38  entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway for which a maximum
    39  school speed limit has been established as authorized in section sixteen
    40  hundred  twenty,  sixteen  hundred  twenty-two,  sixteen hundred thirty,
    41  sixteen hundred forty-three or sixteen hundred sixty-two-a of this chap-
    42  ter.
    43    § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law,  as
    44  separately  amended  by  section  3-b  of chapter 43 and section 10-b of
    45  chapters 99, 101 and 123 of the laws of 2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
    46  follows:
    47    1.  (a)  Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court
    48  of this state result in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
    49  traffic infraction under this chapter other than  a  traffic  infraction
    50  involving  standing,  stopping,  parking  or  motor vehicle equipment or
    51  violations by pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than a conviction  for
    52  which  a  mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee are levied
    53  pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision, or other than an  adjudi-
    54  cation of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b), (c),
    55  (d),  (f)  or  (g)  of  section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter in
    56  accordance with section eleven hundred  eighty-b  of  this  chapter,  or

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     1  other  than  an adjudication of liability of an owner for a violation of
     2  subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven  hundred  eighty
     3  of  this  chapter  in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-c of
     4  this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for
     5  a  violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this
     6  chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-d of this chap-
     7  ter, there shall be levied a mandatory surcharge,  in  addition  to  any
     8  sentence  required  or  permitted  by  law,  in  the amount of seventeen
     9  dollars.
    10    (b)(i) Whenever:
    11    (A) proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of this state
    12  result in a conviction for an offense under this chapter (other  than  a
    13  crime  pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter) or
    14  for a traffic infraction under this chapter or under a local law,  ordi-
    15  nance, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter; and
    16    (B)  such  offense or infraction occurs within a school traffic safety
    17  and speed zone when a school speed limit is in  effect  as  provided  in
    18  paragraphs  one  and  two  of  subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred
    19  eighty of this chapter, there shall be levied a crime victim  assistance
    20  fee  in  the  amount  of  five  dollars and a mandatory surcharge in the
    21  amount of seventy-five dollars, in addition to any sentence required  or
    22  permitted by law.
    23    (ii)  The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to: (A) traffic
    24  infractions involving standing, stopping, or parking; (B) violations  by
    25  pedestrians  or bicyclists; (C) an adjudication of liability of an owner
    26  for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of
    27  this  chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of this
    28  chapter; (D) an infraction pursuant to article nine of this chapter;  or
    29  (E)  an  adjudication  of  liability of an owner for a violation of toll
    30  collection regulations pursuant to section  two  thousand  nine  hundred
    31  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law  or  sections  sixteen-a,
    32  sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the
    33  laws of nineteen hundred fifty.
    34    (iii)  For  the  purposes  of this paragraph, the term "school traffic
    35  safety and speed zone" shall mean a distance not to exceed one  thousand
    36  three  hundred  twenty  feet  on  a  highway  passing a school building,
    37  entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway for which a maximum
    38  school speed limit has been established as authorized in section sixteen
    39  hundred twenty, sixteen  hundred  twenty-two,  sixteen  hundred  thirty,
    40  sixteen hundred forty-three or sixteen hundred sixty-two-a of this chap-
    41  ter.
    42    §  5. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    43  separately amended by section 3-c of chapters 43  and  section  10-c  of
    44  chapters  99,  101  and  123  of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
    45  follows:
    46    1. (a) Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or  a  court
    47  of this state result in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
    48  traffic  infraction  under  this chapter other than a traffic infraction
    49  involving standing, stopping, parking  or  motor  vehicle  equipment  or
    50  violations  by pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than a conviction for
    51  which a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee  are  levied
    52  pursuant  to paragraph (b) of this subdivision, or other than an adjudi-
    53  cation of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b), (c),
    54  (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred  eighty  of  this  chapter  in
    55  accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-b of this chapter, or
    56  other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for a  violation  of

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     1  subdivision  (b),  (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty
     2  of this chapter in accordance with section eleven  hundred  eighty-c  of
     3  this chapter, or other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for
     4  a  violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this
     5  chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-d of this chap-
     6  ter, there shall be levied a mandatory surcharge,  in  addition  to  any
     7  sentence  required  or  permitted  by  law,  in  the amount of seventeen
     8  dollars.
     9    (b)(i) Whenever:
    10    (A) proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of this state
    11  result in a conviction for an offense under this chapter (other  than  a
    12  crime  pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter) or
    13  for a traffic infraction under this chapter or under a local law,  ordi-
    14  nance, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter; and
    15    (B)  such  offense or infraction occurs within a school traffic safety
    16  and speed zone when a school speed limit is in  effect  as  provided  in
    17  paragraphs  one  and  two  of  subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred
    18  eighty of this chapter, there shall be levied a crime victim  assistance
    19  fee  in  the  amount  of  five  dollars and a mandatory surcharge in the
    20  amount of seventy-five dollars, in addition to any sentence required  or
    21  permitted by law.
    22    (ii)  The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to: (A) traffic
    23  infractions involving standing, stopping, or parking; (B) violations  by
    24  pedestrians  or bicyclists; (C) an adjudication of liability of an owner
    25  for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of
    26  this  chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of this
    27  chapter; (D) an infraction pursuant to article nine of this chapter;  or
    28  (E)  an  adjudication  of  liability of an owner for a violation of toll
    29  collection regulations pursuant to section  two  thousand  nine  hundred
    30  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law  or  sections  sixteen-a,
    31  sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the
    32  laws of nineteen hundred fifty.
    33    (iii)  For  the  purposes  of this paragraph, the term "school traffic
    34  safety and speed zone" shall mean a distance not to exceed one  thousand
    35  three  hundred  twenty  feet  on  a  highway  passing a school building,
    36  entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway for which a maximum
    37  school speed limit has been established as authorized in section sixteen
    38  hundred twenty, sixteen  hundred  twenty-two,  sixteen  hundred  thirty,
    39  sixteen hundred forty-three or sixteen hundred sixty-two-a of this chap-
    40  ter.
    41    §  6. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    42  separately amended by section 3-d of chapter  43  and  section  10-d  of
    43  chapters  99,  101  and  123  of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
    44  follows:
    45    1. (a) Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or  a  court
    46  of this state result in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
    47  traffic  infraction  under  this chapter other than a traffic infraction
    48  involving standing, stopping, parking  or  motor  vehicle  equipment  or
    49  violations  by pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than a conviction for
    50  which a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee  are  levied
    51  pursuant  to paragraph (b) of this subdivision, or other than an adjudi-
    52  cation of liability of an owner for a violation of subdivision (b), (c),
    53  (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred  eighty  of  this  chapter  in
    54  accordance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-c of this chapter, or
    55  other than an adjudication of liability of an owner for a  violation  of
    56  subdivision  (d)  of  section  eleven  hundred eleven of this chapter in

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     1  accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-d of this  chapter,  there
     2  shall  be  levied  a  mandatory  surcharge,  in addition to any sentence
     3  required or permitted by law, in the amount of seventeen dollars.
     4    (b)(i) Whenever:
     5    (A) proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of this state
     6  result  in  a conviction for an offense under this chapter (other than a
     7  crime pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter)  or
     8  for  a traffic infraction under this chapter or under a local law, ordi-
     9  nance, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter; and
    10    (B) such offense or infraction occurs within a school  traffic  safety
    11  and  speed  zone  when  a school speed limit is in effect as provided in
    12  paragraphs one and two of subdivision  (c)  of  section  eleven  hundred
    13  eighty  of this chapter, there shall be levied a crime victim assistance
    14  fee in the amount of five dollars  and  a  mandatory  surcharge  in  the
    15  amount  of seventy-five dollars, in addition to any sentence required or
    16  permitted by law.
    17    (ii) The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to: (A)  traffic
    18  infractions  involving standing, stopping, or parking; (B) violations by
    19  pedestrians or bicyclists; (C) an adjudication of liability of an  owner
    20  for  a  violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of
    21  this chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of  this
    22  chapter;  (D) an infraction pursuant to article nine of this chapter; or
    23  (E) an adjudication of liability of an owner for  a  violation  of  toll
    24  collection  regulations  pursuant  to  section two thousand nine hundred
    25  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law  or  sections  sixteen-a,
    26  sixteen-b  and  sixteen-c  of  chapter seven hundred seventy-four of the
    27  laws of nineteen hundred fifty.
    28    (iii) For the purposes of this paragraph,  the  term  "school  traffic
    29  safety  and speed zone" shall mean a distance not to exceed one thousand
    30  three hundred twenty feet  on  a  highway  passing  a  school  building,
    31  entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway for which a maximum
    32  school speed limit has been established as authorized in section sixteen
    33  hundred  twenty,  sixteen  hundred  twenty-two,  sixteen hundred thirty,
    34  sixteen hundred forty-three or sixteen hundred sixty-two-a of this chap-
    35  ter.
    36    § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law,  as
    37  separately  amended  by  section 10-d of chapters 99, 101 and 123 of the
    38  laws of 2014, is amended to read as follow:
    39    1. (a) Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or  a  court
    40  of this state result in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
    41  traffic  infraction  under  this chapter other than a traffic infraction
    42  involving standing, stopping, parking  or  motor  vehicle  equipment  or
    43  violations  by pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than a conviction for
    44  which a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee  are  levied
    45  pursuant  to paragraph (b) of this subdivision, or other than an adjudi-
    46  cation of liability of an owner for a violation of  subdivision  (d)  of
    47  section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter in accordance with section
    48  eleven  hundred eleven-d of this chapter, there shall be levied a manda-
    49  tory surcharge, in addition to any sentence  required  or  permitted  by
    50  law, in the amount of seventeen dollars.
    51    (b)(i) Whenever:
    52    (A) proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of this state
    53  result  in  a conviction for an offense under this chapter (other than a
    54  crime pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter)  or
    55  for  a traffic infraction under this chapter or under a local law, ordi-
    56  nance, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter; and

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     1    (B) such offense or infraction occurs within a school  traffic  safety
     2  and  speed  zone  when  a school speed limit is in effect as provided in
     3  paragraphs one and two of subdivision  (c)  of  section  eleven  hundred
     4  eighty  of this chapter, there shall be levied a crime victim assistance
     5  fee  in  the  amount  of  five  dollars and a mandatory surcharge in the
     6  amount of seventy-five dollars, in addition to any sentence required  or
     7  permitted by law.
     8    (ii)  The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to: (A) traffic
     9  infractions involving standing, stopping, or parking; (B) violations  by
    10  pedestrians  or bicyclists; (C) an adjudication of liability of an owner
    11  for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of
    12  this  chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of this
    13  chapter; (D) an infraction pursuant to article nine of this chapter;  or
    14  (E)  an  adjudication  of  liability of an owner for a violation of toll
    15  collection regulations pursuant to section  two  thousand  nine  hundred
    16  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law  or  sections  sixteen-a,
    17  sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the
    18  laws of nineteen hundred fifty.
    19    (iii)  For  the  purposes  of this paragraph, the term "school traffic
    20  safety and speed zone" shall mean a distance not to exceed one  thousand
    21  three  hundred  twenty  feet  on  a  highway  passing a school building,
    22  entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway for which a maximum
    23  school speed limit has been established as authorized in section sixteen
    24  hundred twenty, sixteen  hundred  twenty-two,  sixteen  hundred  thirty,
    25  sixteen hundred forty-three or sixteen hundred sixty-two-a of this chap-
    26  ter.
    27    §  8. Subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    28  separately amended by chapter 16 of the laws of 1983 and chapter  62  of
    29  the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
    30    1.  (a)  Whenever proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court
    31  of this state result in a conviction for a crime under this chapter or a
    32  traffic infraction under this chapter other than  a  traffic  infraction
    33  involving  standing,  stopping,  parking  or  motor vehicle equipment or
    34  violations by pedestrians or bicyclists, or other than a conviction  for
    35  which  a  mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee are levied
    36  pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision there shall  be  levied  a
    37  mandatory  surcharge,  in addition to any sentence required or permitted
    38  by law, in the amount of seventeen dollars.
    39    (b)(i) Whenever:
    40    (A) proceedings in an administrative tribunal or a court of this state
    41  result in a conviction for an offense under this chapter (other  than  a
    42  crime  pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter) or
    43  for a traffic infraction under this chapter or under a local law,  ordi-
    44  nance, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter; and
    45    (B)  such  offense or infraction occurs within a school traffic safety
    46  and speed zone when a school speed limit is in  effect  as  provided  in
    47  paragraphs  one  and  two  of  subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred
    48  eighty of this chapter, there shall be levied a crime victim  assistance
    49  fee  in  the  amount  of  five  dollars and a mandatory surcharge in the
    50  amount of seventy-five dollars, in addition to any sentence required  or
    51  permitted by law.
    52    (ii)  The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to: (A) traffic
    53  infractions involving standing, stopping, or parking; (B) violations  by
    54  pedestrians  or bicyclists; (C) an adjudication of liability of an owner
    55  for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of
    56  this  chapter in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-a of this

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     1  chapter; (D) an infraction pursuant to article nine of this chapter;  or
     2  (E)  an  adjudication  of  liability of an owner for a violation of toll
     3  collection regulations pursuant to section  two  thousand  nine  hundred
     4  eighty-five  of  the  public  authorities  law  or  sections  sixteen-a,
     5  sixteen-b and sixteen-c of chapter seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the
     6  laws of nineteen hundred fifty.
     7    (iii)  For  the  purposes  of this paragraph, the term "school traffic
     8  safety and speed zone" shall mean a distance not to exceed one  thousand
     9  three  hundred  twenty  feet  on  a  highway  passing a school building,
    10  entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway for which a maximum
    11  school speed limit has been established as authorized in section sixteen
    12  hundred twenty, sixteen  hundred  twenty-two,  sixteen  hundred  thirty,
    13  sixteen hundred forty-three or sixteen hundred sixty-two-a of this chap-
    14  ter.
    15    § 9. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    16  ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
    17  violations occurring on and after such effective date; provided that:
    18    a. the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle  and
    19  traffic  law  made  by  section  two of this act shall be subject to the
    20  expiration of such subdivision when upon such  date  the  provisions  of
    21  section three of this act shall take effect;
    22    b.  the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and
    23  traffic law made by section three of this act shall be  subject  to  the
    24  expiration  of  such  subdivision  when upon such date the provisions of
    25  section four of this act shall take effect;
    26    c. the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle  and
    27  traffic  law  made  by  section four of this act shall be subject to the
    28  expiration of such subdivision when upon such  date  the  provisions  of
    29  section five of this act shall take effect;
    30    d.  the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and
    31  traffic law made by section five of this act shall  be  subject  to  the
    32  expiration  of  such  subdivision  when upon such date the provisions of
    33  section six of this act shall take effect;
    34    e. the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle  and
    35  traffic  law  made  by  section  six of this act shall be subject to the
    36  expiration of such subdivision when upon such  date  the  provisions  of
    37  section seven of this act shall take effect; and
    38    f.  the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and
    39  traffic law made by section seven of this act shall be  subject  to  the
    40  expiration  of  such  subdivision  when upon such date the provisions of
    41  section eight of this act shall take effect.
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