A00933 Summary:

BILL NOA00933
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08915
 
SPONSORCarroll
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §1111-a, V & T L
 
Implements escalating penalties for vehicles which have been documented multiple times by a photo violation monitoring device for failure to comply with traffic-control indications up to a suspension of a vehicle's registration.
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A00933 Actions:

BILL NOA00933
 
01/06/2021referred to transportation
01/05/2022referred to transportation
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A00933 Committee Votes:

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A00933 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A933
 
SPONSOR: Carroll
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to implementing escalating penalties for vehicles which have been documented multiple times by a photo violation monitoring device for failure to comply with traffic-control indications   PURPOSE: To implement a system of escalating penalties for vehicles that are documented by a photo violation monitoring device for failure to comply with traffic control indications. This bill is meant to deter drivers from committing repeated traffic control indication violations through an escalating fine structure which after six violations over a two year period would require for the registration on the car to be suspended for ninety days.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 1111-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 479 of the laws of 1994, is amended to include that the first two photo violations within a two year period will be fined fifty dollars each, one hundred fifty for the third violation, two hundred fifty for the fourth violation, three hundred dollars for the fifth violation and three hundred fifty dollars for the sixth violation within a two year period. 2. (i) The insurance company for which the vehicle is insured shall be notified about. the vehicle has been documented five times within a two year period by a photo violation monitoring device. (ii) The vehicle's registration, after being documented six times over a two year period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications shall be suspended for a period of ninety days. (iii) Does not apply .to rental vehicles 3. By certified mail, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall notify the owner of registered vehicles after the vehicle's fourth documentation in two years by a photo violation monitoring device for failure to comply with traffic-control indications that after two more documented violations, the registration of the vehicle shall be suspended for nine- ty days. Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately   JUSTIFICATION: On March 5th 2018, a motorist ran through a red light into a crowded sidewalk and killed two young children. The driver of the vehicle had accumulated eight documented photo violations for failure to comply with traffic-control indications over an 8 month period. If this bill were law, the registration on her car would have been suspended; she would have been unable to drive that car legally and may therefore have not been behind the wheel that day and not been able to kill those two chil- dren. This bill, through its escalating fine structure, insurance reporting, and ultimate vehicle registration suspension is meant to deter drivers from speeding and behaving recklessly while operating a motor vehicle.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A.10258 from 2017-18 A.3413 from 2019-20   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Undetermined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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