New York S 2119: Expands the veterans tuition awards program to allow the transfer of unused benefits to a spouse, survivor or child

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Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study on the distribution of traffic fines and to issue a report on the matter.

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2119

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT directing the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study
 on the distribution of traffic fines

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

 1 Section 1. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall conduct a study in
 2 cooperation and consultation with the New York State Association of
 3 Towns, the New York Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials, and
 4 the New York State Magistrates Association relating to the disposition
 5 of fines and penalties as provided in section 1803 of the vehicle and
 6 traffic law. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, an exam-
 7 ination of the distribution of fine revenue according to the jurisdic-
 8 tion over the highway where a violation occurred, the statute violated,
 9 whether the statute violated is a state law or a local ordinance, and
 10 the annual per capita monetary cap on revenues applicable to villages
 11 and suburban towns. In conducting this study, such commissioner shall
 12 examine particularly the fairness of the current law as it relates to
 13 the disposition of fines collected for violations under title 7 of the
 14 vehicle and traffic law, with special attention given to violations of
 15 section 1180 of the vehicle and traffic law.
 16 § 2. Upon completion of the study but no later than the thirty-first
 17 of December next succeeding the date on which this act shall have become
 18 a law, the commissioner of motor vehicles shall submit a report based on
 19 the findings of the study to the governor, the temporary president of
 20 the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the
 21 senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the chair of the senate
 22 transportation committee, and the chair of the assembly transportation
 23 committee which shall include the findings of the study as well as
 24 recommendations for statutory changes that may be implemented in order
 25 to ensure a more equitable distribution of revenue for violations of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04828-01-5

 S. 2119 2

 1 title 7 of the vehicle and traffic law, with special attention given to
 2 violations of section 1180 of the vehicle and traffic law.
 3 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 4 have become a law.

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