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NY A04416
Bill
Status
2/3/2011
Primary Sponsor
Peter Rivera
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AI Summary
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Vehicle owners are jointly and severally liable with operators for violations of passing or overtaking stopped school buses under Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 1174(a), except lessors who comply with registration filing requirements and lessee identification procedures within 37 days.
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School bus drivers and photographic evidence may be used to report and prosecute violations of school bus passing laws, with summonses served by mail accompanied by notices of violation containing vehicle registration and description information.
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Lessors who file registration plate numbers and pay a $12 annual filing fee are exempt from liability unless they fail to provide the lessee's correct name and address within 37 days of receiving violation notice.
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Assault in the third degree is redefined to include causing physical injury to another person while operating a motor vehicle in violation of school bus passing laws (Class A misdemeanor).
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Criminally negligent homicide is expanded to include causing death while operating a motor vehicle in violation of school bus passing laws (Class E felony).
Legislative Description
Makes the owner of a vehicle used to pass or overtake a stopped school bus jointly liable with the operator thereof when such violation is captured on a camera or observed by a school bus driver; authorizes the use of photographic evidence in the prosecution of such infraction; includes within the class A misdemeanor of assault in the third degree, the causation of physical injury to another person while passing or overtaking a stopped school bus; includes within the class E felony of criminally negligent homicide, the causation of death to another person while passing or overtaking a stopped school bus.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
9/4/2012