Relates to enacting the "Traffic Ticket Relief Act"; authorizes hearing officers to lower parking and speeding fees based on a case by case basis, to permit the payment of fines and fees in installments.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7070--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 4, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enacting the
"traffic ticket relief act"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "traffic ticket relief act".
3 § 2. Section 241 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
4 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
5 4. For any fine imposed on a person by a hearing examiner pursuant to
6 this section, the hearing examiner may reduce the amount of any fees
7 accrued on a case by case basis. The hearing examiner may request any
8 documentation he or she believes necessary to make such a determination.
9 The hearing examiner shall also authorize any person fined to pay such
10 fines and associated fees in installments to be determined by the muni-
11 cipality.
12 § 3. Section 227 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
13 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
14 7. For any fine imposed on a person by a hearing officer pursuant to
15 this section, the hearing officer may reduce the amount of any fees
16 accrued on a case by case basis. The hearing officer may request any
17 documentation he or she believes necessary to make such a determination.
18 The hearing officer shall also authorize any person fined to pay such
19 fines and associated fees in installments to be determined by the muni-
20 cipality.
21 § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
22 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10545-05-9