New York A 4331: Relates to providing a civil action for deprivation of rights

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A04331 Summary:

BILL NOA04331 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORTague

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COSPNSRDeStefano, Durso

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1225-c & 1225-d, V & T L

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Doubles the penalties for use of mobile telephones and use of portable electronic devices when such violations arise out of the same incident as a conviction for failure to move over and when such violations occurred in a work zone.

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BILL NOA04331 

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02/04/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4331

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TAGUE, DeSTEFANO, DURSO -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
 the penalty for certain traffic violations when such violations arise
 out of the same incident as a conviction for failure to move over and
 when such violations occurred in a work zone

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by section 6 of part B of chapter 55 of the laws of
 3 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 4 4. (a) A violation of subdivision two of this section shall be a traf-
 5 fic infraction and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than fifty
 6 dollars nor more than two hundred dollars upon conviction of a first
 7 violation; upon conviction of a second violation, both of which were
 8 committed within a period of eighteen months, such violation shall be
 9 punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two
 10 hundred fifty dollars; upon conviction of a third or subsequent
 11 violation, all of which were committed within a period of eighteen
 12 months, such violation shall be punished by a fine of not less than
 13 fifty dollars nor more than four hundred fifty dollars.
 14 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 15 sion a violation of subdivision two of this section arising out of the
 16 same incident as a conviction for a violation of section eleven hundred
 17 forty-four-a of this title shall be a traffic infraction and shall be
 18 punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
 19 four hundred dollars upon conviction of a first violation; upon
 20 conviction of a second violation, both of which were committed within a
 21 period of eighteen months, such violation shall be punished by a fine of
 22 not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars;
 23 upon conviction of a third or subsequent violation, all of which were

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06413-01-5

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 1 committed within a period of eighteen months, such violation shall be
 2 punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
 3 nine hundred dollars.
 4 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 5 sion a violation of subdivision two of this section which occurred in a
 6 highway construction or maintenance work area shall be a traffic infrac-
 7 tion and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred
 8 dollars nor more than four hundred dollars upon conviction of a first
 9 violation; upon conviction of a second violation, both of which were
 10 committed within a period of eighteen months, such violation shall be
 11 punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
 12 five hundred dollars; upon conviction of a third or subsequent
 13 violation, all of which were committed within a period of eighteen
 14 months, such violation shall be punished by a fine of not less than one
 15 hundred dollars nor more than nine hundred dollars.
 16 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 1225-d of the vehicle and traffic law,
 17 as amended by section 7 of part B of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is
 18 amended to read as follows:
 19 6. (a) A v