Prohibits any municipality from collecting a fine, penalty, forfeiture, or any other fee unless a person charged with a violation of any law, rule, or regulation issued pursuant to the vehicle and traffic law is convicted of or found liable for such charge.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7230--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 29, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER, SKOUFIS, MILLER, LINARES, COLTON,
SOLAGES, PERSAUD, BENEDETTO, BLAKE, PRETLOW, RAIA, MONTESANO, McDO-
NOUGH, GRAF, MURRAY, ROBINSON, ARROYO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. ABBATE, CERETTO, COOK, GALEF, GARBARINO, GLICK, RA, RIVERA -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- reference
changed to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
any municipality from collecting a fine, penalty or forfeiture when
the charge of a violation of the vehicle and traffic law is dismissed
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 1804 to read as follows:
3 § 1804. Prohibition of imposition and collection of a fine, penalty,
4 forfeiture, fee or surcharge. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
5 provision of any general, special or local law, ordinance, order, rule,
6 regulation or administrative code to the contrary, a municipality may
7 only impose a fine, penalty, forfeiture, or any other fee or surcharge
8 against a person charged with a violation of this chapter or any local
9 law, ordinance, order, rule, regulation or administrative code adopted
10 pursuant to this chapter of such person is convicted of or found liable
11 for such charge.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
13 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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