New York S 5365: Repeals the excise tax on medical cannabis and the medical cannabis trust fund

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S05365 Summary:

BILL NOS05365 

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Amd §509-j, V & T L

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Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to impose higher civil penalties upon motor carriers who fail to report to the commissioner of motor vehicles certain disqualifying violations by bus drivers employed by such carrier.

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5365

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 civil penal-
 ties imposed upon motor carriers for failure to comply with provisions
 relating to bus drivers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 509-j of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 (e) The commissioner or any person deputized by the commissioner, may
 5 require any motor carrier to pay to the people of this state a civil
 6 penalty, if after the motor carrier has had an opportunity to be heard,
 7 the commissioner finds that the motor carrier has violated any provision
 8 of this article or regulations promulgated [therein] pursuant thereto,
 9 or has made any false statement or misrepresentation on any affidavit of
 10 compliance filed with the commissioner or with respect to violations of
 11 paragraphs (i) and (ii) of subdivision one, paragraphs (a) and (b) of
 12 subdivision two, and subdivisions three, four and five of section five
 13 hundred nine-d, section five hundred nine-g, section five hundred nine-h
 14 and subdivision two of section five hundred nine-l of this article the
 15 commissioner may in lieu of or in addition to a civil penalty suspend
 16 all of a motor carrier's registrations.
 17 (1) Any civil penalty assessed for a first violation shall not be less
 18 than five hundred dollars nor greater than two thousand five hundred
 19 dollars for each violation, false statement or representation found to
 20 have been made or committed, and for a second or subsequent violation,
 21 not arising out of the same incident, all of which were committed within
 22 a period of eighteen months, shall not be less than five hundred dollars
 23 nor greater than five thousand dollars for each violation, false state-
 24 ment or representation found to have been made or committed.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09526-01-5

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 1 (2) Any penalty assessed for a first violation by a motor carrier for
 2 failure to notify the commissioner as required under section five
 3 hundred nine-d of this article and the bus driver has previously been
 4 found to have refused a chemical test pursuant to section eleven hundred
 5 ninety-four of this chapter or has a prior conviction of any of the
 6 following offenses: any violation of section eleven hundred ninety-two
 7 of this chapter, any violation of subdivision one or two of section six
 8 hundred of this chapter, any violation of section twelve hundred twelve
 9 of this chapter, or any felony involving the use of a motor vehicle,
 10 shall not be less than one thousand dollars nor greater than five thou-
 11 sand dollars for each violation, and for a second or subsequent
 12 violation, not arising out of the same incident, all of which were
 13 committed within a period of eighteen months, shall not be less than one
 14 thousand dollars nor greater than ten thousand dollars for each
 15 violation.
 16 (3) Any penalty assessed for a first violation by a motor carrier for
 17 failure to notify the commissioner as required under section five
 18 hundred nine-d of this article where the bus driver has previously been
 19 found t