STATE OF NEW YORK
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4364
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 31, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 recognizing
out-of-state or national defensive driver classes
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 399-b of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. "Out-of-state course" or "national course" shall mean an accident
4 prevention course approved or acknowledged by any state other than New
5 York state.
6 § 2. Section 399-g of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
7 290 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
8 § 399-g. Regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and
9 regulations as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this arti-
10 cle, including rules and regulations necessary to approve certain out-
11 of-state or national courses. In addition to any requirements expressly
12 authorized by this article, such regulations may include but not be
13 limited to requirements and standards with respect to: delivery agencies
14 and instructors; classroom facilities; suspension or revocation of
15 approval; appeal of suspension or revocation; course administration and
16 advertising; monitoring of courses and instructors; and reevaluation of
17 course effectiveness pursuant to section three hundred ninety-nine-f of
18 this article.
19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
20 section one of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it
21 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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