New York S 2702: Relates to restrictions on class DJ and MJ licenses in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk

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S02702 Summary:

BILL NOS02702 

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Relates to restrictions on class DJ and MJ licenses in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk by permitting such licensees to drive to and from school between the hours of five in the morning to nine o'clock in the evening.

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2702

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 the
 restrictions on class DJ and class MJ licenses in the counties of
 Nassau and Suffolk by permitting such licensees to drive to and from
 school between the hours of five in the morning to nine o'clock in the
 evening

 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 501 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as added by chapter 449 of the laws of 1989, the subdivision head-
 3 ing and first undesignated paragraph as amended by chapter 173 of the
 4 laws of 1990 and subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) as amended by chap-
 5 ter 644 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
 6 3. Restrictions on use of class DJ and class MJ licenses. A class DJ
 7 or class MJ license shall permit the holder to operate a vehicle in
 8 accordance with the following restrictions:
 9 (a) in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk:
 10 (i) for the purpose of driving to and from a state-approved cooper-
 11 ative work-study educational program, or to or from an approved program
 12 for credit in a post-secondary institution, or to or from a state-ap-
 13 proved registered evening high school or while engaged in farm employ-
 14 ment, or to or from an approved driver education course; [or]
 15 (ii) from five o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in the evening,
 16 to and from a place of business where the holder is regularly employed,
 17 or when accompanied by a duly licensed parent, guardian, person in a
 18 position of loco parentis, driver education teacher, or driving school
 19 instructor[.]; or
 20 (iii) for a license holder who has completed six hours of in car
 21 instruction from a licensed drivers' school as defined in section three
 22 hundred ninety-four of this chapter, from five o'clock in the morning to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07170-01-5

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 1 nine o'clock in the evening, to and from school where the license holder
 2 is enrolled, or when accompanied by a duly licensed parent, guardian,
 3 person in a position of loco parentis, driver education teacher, or
 4 driving school instructor.
 5 (b) in all other areas of the state, except for the city of New York:
 6 (i) from five o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock in the evening;
 7 or
 8 (ii) from nine o'clock in the evening to five o'clock in the morning
 9 when going to or from school, or to or from a place of business where
 10 the holder is employed on a regularly scheduled basis, or when accompa-
 11 nied by a duly licensed parent, guardian or one in a position of loco
 12 parentis to the licensee.
 13 (c) in the city of New York, driving shall be prohibited.
 14 (d) for the purpose of this subdivision, the term "school" shall mean
 15 instruction, education or training licensed or approved by a department
 16 or agency of the state or training conducted by the armed forces of the
 17 United States except it shall not include extra-curricular activities or
 18 social events for which scholastic credits are not given.
 19 (e) any person operating a motor vehicle to or from school or to or
 20 from a place of business as authorized by this subdivision must possess
 21 documentation signed by such person's instructor or employ