STATE OF NEW YORK
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3387
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 6, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to surcharges
for the use of mobile telephones or the use of portable electronic
devices while in a work area or school zone
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. (a) A violation of subdivision two of this section while in a work
4 area or school zone shall be a traffic infraction and shall be punisha-
5 ble by a surcharge of one hundred dollars which shall be in addition to
6 the amounts prescribed in subdivision four of this section.
7 (b) For purposes of this subdivision:
8 i. "Work area" shall mean that part of a highway being used or occu-
9 pied for the conduct of highway work, within which workers, vehicles,
10 equipment, materials, supplies, excavations, or other obstructions are
11 present.
12 ii. "School zone" shall mean the distance along a highway passing a
13 school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway
14 for which a school sign (S1-1) has been posted pursuant to this chapter
15 and in compliance with the manual on uniform traffic control devices
16 maintained pursuant to section sixteen hundred eighty of this chapter.
17 § 2. Section 1225-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
18 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
19 7. (a) A violation of this section while in a work area or school zone
20 shall be a traffic infraction and shall be punishable by a surcharge of
21 one hundred dollars which shall be in addition to the amounts prescribed
22 in subdivision six of this section.
23 (b) For purposes of this subdivision:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 i. "Work area" shall mean that part of a highway being used or occu-
2 pied for the conduct of highway work, within which workers, vehicles,
3 equipment, materials, supplies, excavations, or other obstructions are
4 present.
5 ii. "School zone" shall mean the distance along a highway passing a
6 school building, entrance or exit of a school abutting on the highway
7 for which a school sign (S1-1) has been posted pursuant to this chapter
8 and in compliance with the manual on uniform traffic control devices
9 maintained pursuant to section sixteen hundred eighty of this chapter.
10 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
11 have become a law.
