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A01059 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1059
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law and the education law, in
          relation  to  updating  the  driver's  manual  provided  to   accepted
          learner's permit applicants and driver education courses

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 502 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
     2  law, as amended by chapter 97 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3.  Application  for  learner's permit. An application for a learner's
     5  permit shall be included in the application for a license.  A  learner's
     6  permit  shall be issued in such form as the commissioner shall determine
     7  but shall not be issued unless the applicant has successfully passed the
     8  vision test required by this section and the test set forth in paragraph
     9  (a) of subdivision four of this section with respect to laws relating to
    10  traffic and ability to read and comprehend traffic signs and symbols and
    11  has satisfactorily completed any course required pursuant  to  paragraph
    12  (a)  of subdivision four of this section. Upon acceptance of an applica-
    13  tion for a learner's permit the commissioner shall provide the applicant
    14  with a driver's manual which includes but is not  limited  to  the  laws
    15  relating  to  traffic, the laws relating to and physiological effects of
    16  driving while ability impaired and driving while  intoxicated,  the  law
    17  for  exercising  due  care  to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or
    18  standing vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
    19  chapter, explanations of traffic signs and symbols, a description of law
    20  enforcement procedures during traffic stops and the actions  a  motorist
    21  shall take during such stop including appropriate interactions with such
    22  officers and such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe.
    23    §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 806-a of the education law, as amended
    24  by chapter 644 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03132-01-3

        A. 1059                             2
 
     1    1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  all  school  districts
     2  providing instruction in driver education shall include in such instruc-
     3  tion:  (a)  a driver safety component with an emphasis on the effects of
     4  alcohol and drug use, (b) instruction in  motorcycle  safety  awareness,
     5  and (c) a description of law enforcement procedures during traffic stops
     6  and  the actions a motorist shall take during such stop including appro-
     7  priate interactions with such officers. The commissioner, upon  approval
     8  by  the commissioner of motor vehicles, shall establish a curriculum for
     9  the alcohol and drug education component which shall include but not  be
    10  limited to: instruction describing the hazards of driving while impaired
    11  or   intoxicated;  the  penalties  for  alcohol  related  motor  vehicle
    12  violations including sanctions set forth in the penal law that apply  to
    13  homicides  and  assaults arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle
    14  while intoxicated and those sanctions set forth in the vehicle and traf-
    15  fic law relating to driving while intoxicated; and the medical,  biolog-
    16  ical  and  physiological effects of the consumption of alcohol and their
    17  impact on the operation of a motor vehicle.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    19  have become a law.
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