S00870 Summary:
BILL NO | S00870C |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A03702-C |
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SPONSOR | GRISANTI |
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COSPNSR | KENNEDY |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd SS155 & 225, V & T L | |
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Authorizes the city of Buffalo to provide by local law for the adjudication of traffic infractions. |
S00870 Actions:
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01/09/2013 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/28/2013 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/17/2013 | AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/17/2013 | PRINT NUMBER 870A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2013 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10/09/2013 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10/09/2013 | PRINT NUMBER 870B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2014 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/29/2014 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/02/2014 | 1ST REPORT CAL.1059 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2014 | AMENDED 870C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2014 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2014 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | HOME RULE REQUEST | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2014 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | substituted for a3702c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | ordered to third reading rules cal.537 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | home rule request | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2014 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/30/2014 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/29/2015 | POCKET VETO - VETO.587 |
S00870 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Curran
Yes
Hawley
ER
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cusick
ER
Heastie
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
ER
Arroyo
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hennessey
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Sweeney
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Barclay
Yes
DenDekker
ER
Hikind
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Rivera
ER
Tenney
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobs
Yes
Miller
ER
Robinson
Yes
Titone
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Millman
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Titus
Yes
Borelli
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosa
Yes
Walter
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
ER
Weisenberg
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
No
Fitzpatrick
AB
Kellner
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Wright
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Butler
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lalor
Yes
O'Donnell
ER
Scarborough
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
ER
Camara
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Clark
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Colton
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Corwin
AB
Gottfried
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Graf
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S00870 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 870--C Cal. No. 1059 2013-2014 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- reported favor- ably from said committee, ordered to first report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to directing the city of Buffalo to adjudicate traffic infractions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 155 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by 2 chapter 628 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 155. Traffic infraction. The violation of any provision of this 4 chapter, except articles forty-seven and forty-eight, or of any law, 5 ordinance, order, rule or regulation regulating traffic which is not 6 declared by this chapter or other law of this state to be a misdemeanor 7 or a felony. A traffic infraction is not a crime and the punishment 8 imposed therefor shall not be deemed for any purpose a penal or criminal 9 punishment and shall not affect or impair the credibility as a witness 10 or otherwise of any person convicted thereof. This definition shall be 11 retroactive and shall apply to all acts and violations heretofore 12 committed where such acts and violations would, if committed subsequent 13 to the taking effect of this section, be included within the meaning of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04104-09-4S. 870--C 2 1 the term "traffic infraction" as herein defined. Except in those 2 portions of Suffolk county for which a district court has been estab- 3 lished, outside of cities having a population in excess of two hundred 4 thousand but less than two hundred twenty thousand in which administra- 5 tive tribunals have heretofore been established and outside of cities 6 having a population in excess of one million in which administrative 7 tribunals have heretofore been established, courts and judicial officers 8 heretofore having jurisdiction over such violations shall continue to do 9 so and for such purpose such violations shall be deemed misdemeanors and 10 all provisions of law relating to misdemeanors except as provided in 11 section eighteen hundred five of this chapter and except as herein 12 otherwise expressly provided shall apply except that no jury trial shall 13 be allowed for traffic infractions. In those portions of Suffolk county 14 for which a district court has been established, and in cities having a 15 population in excess of two hundred thousand but less than two hundred 16 twenty thousand in which administrative tribunals have heretofore been 17 established and in cities having a population in excess of one million 18 in which administrative tribunals have heretofore been established, the 19 criminal courts of such cities or portions of Suffolk county in which a 20 district court has been established shall have jurisdiction to hear and 21 determine any complaint alleging a violation constituting a traffic 22 infraction, except that administrative tribunals heretofore established 23 in such cities or portions of Suffolk county in which a district court 24 has been established shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any 25 charge of an offense which is a traffic infraction, except parking, 26 standing or stopping. In cities having a population in excess of two 27 hundred thousand in which administrative tribunals have heretofore been 28 established, and any such administrative tribunal established by the 29 city of Yonkers, the city of Peekskill, or the city of Syracuse, such 30 tribunals shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any charge of an 31 offense which is a parking, standing or stopping violation. Any fine 32 imposed by an administrative tribunal shall be a civil penalty. For 33 purposes of arrest without a warrant, pursuant to article one hundred 34 forty of the criminal procedure law, a traffic infraction shall be 35 deemed an offense. 36 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 225 of the vehicle and traffic law, as 37 amended by chapter 388 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as 38 follows: 39 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, all violations 40 of this chapter or of a law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation relat- 41 ing to traffic, except parking, standing, stopping or pedestrian 42 offenses, which occur within a city having a population of two hundred 43 thousand or more but less than two hundred twenty thousand in which 44 administrative tribunals have heretofore been established, or within a 45 city having a population of one million or more in which administrative 46 tribunals have heretofore, been established, and which are classified as 47 traffic infractions, may be heard and determined pursuant to the regu- 48 lations of the commissioner as provided in this article. Whenever a 49 crime and a traffic infraction arise out of the same transaction or 50 occurrence, a charge alleging both offenses may be made returnable 51 before the court having jurisdiction over the crime. Nothing herein 52 provided shall be construed to prevent a court, having jurisdiction over 53 a criminal charge relating to traffic or a traffic infraction, from 54 lawfully entering a judgment of conviction, whether or not based on a 55 plea of guilty, for any offense classified as a traffic infraction.S. 870--C 3 1 § 3. Pending actions and proceedings. (a) No proceeding involving a 2 charge of a traffic infraction pending at such time when an existing 3 administrative tribunal shall cease to exist shall be affected or abated 4 by the passage of this act or by anything herein contained or by the 5 cessation of the existence of any administrative tribunal. All such 6 proceedings are hereby transferred to the court of appropriate jurisdic- 7 tion in the city where such traffic infractions allegedly occurred. 8 (b)(i) The agency, department, office, or person charged with the 9 custody of the records of an existing administrative tribunal which is 10 about to cease existing under, or in connection with, this act shall 11 arrange for the transfer of the records of pending proceedings to the 12 court of appropriate jurisdiction to which the proceedings shall be 13 transferred. The presiding judge of such court shall enter an order 14 providing for adequate notice consistent with due process of law to 15 respondents in such pending proceedings regarding the transfer of such 16 proceedings. 17 (ii) In no event shall any difficulty or delay resulting from the 18 transfer process, not caused by the respondent, increase the penalty 19 required of the respondent appearing before the court due to a transfer 20 of the traffic infraction proceeding or otherwise prejudice such 21 respondent. Respondents before the court due to a transfer of the traf- 22 fic infraction proceeding from an administrative tribunal to the court 23 that fail to appear shall be permitted at least one adjournment before 24 the penalties and procedures pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 226 of 25 the vehicle and traffic law shall be available. The presiding judge of 26 such court shall enter an order providing for adequate notice consistent 27 with due process of law to respondents, including notice of the penal- 28 ties and procedures available pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 226 29 of the vehicle and traffic law. 30 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.