Increases the penalties for overtaking and passing a school bus; provides that for the first conviction a person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $350 nor more than $500; provides that for a second conviction a person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $800; also provides that for a third conviction a person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $800 nor more than $1000.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3558--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 8, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
the penalties for passing a school bus with its red lights illuminated
indicating that it is picking up or discharging students
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 1174 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 254 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 (c) Every person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of this
5 section shall: for a first conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
6 not less than [two hundred fifty] three hundred fifty dollars nor more
7 than [four] five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
8 thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a conviction of a
9 second violation, both of which were committed within a period of three
10 years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than [six]
11 five hundred dollars nor more than [seven hundred fifty] eight hundred
12 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or
13 by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction of a third or
14 subsequent violation, all of which were committed within a period of
15 three years, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than
16 [seven hundred fifty] eight hundred dollars nor more than one thousand
17 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or
18 by both such fine and imprisonment.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
20 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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