New York S 346: Includes certain independent contractors in the state directory of new hires to aid in the administration of the child support enforcement program

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S00346 Summary:

BILL NOS00346 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRADDABBO, HELMING, MATTERA, RHOADS, ROLISON, RYAN C, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§1221-a, 1221-b & 118-a, amd §161, V & T L; amd §22, Transp L; add §99-ss, St Fin L

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Increases penalties for endangerment of a highway worker; promotes work zone safety awareness; establishes a fund for additional work zone safety enforcement.

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BILL NOS00346 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/13/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 346

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, ADDABBO, HELMING, MATTERA, ROLISON, SKOUFIS
 -- 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 and the transportation law,
 in relation to work zone safety; and to amend the state finance law,
 in relation to establishing the work zone safety fund

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 1221-a to read as follows:
 3 § 1221-a. Endangerment of a highway worker. 1. A driver of a motor
 4 vehicle commits endangerment of a highway worker if the driver is oper-
 5 ating a motor vehicle within a work area as defined in section one
 6 hundred sixty-one of this chapter at any time one or more highway work-
 7 ers are in the work area and does any of the following:
 8 (a) enters a work area in any lane not clearly designated for use by
 9 motor vehicles; or
 10 (b) fails to obey traffic control devices controlling the flow of
 11 motor vehicles through the work area for any reason other than:
 12 (i) an emergency;
 13 (ii) the avoidance of an obstacle; or
 14 (iii) the protection of the health and safety of another person.
 15 2. (a) A driver of a motor vehicle who violates this section shall be
 16 guilty of a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not more than one
 17 thousand dollars and not less than five hundred dollars or by imprison-
 18 ment for not more than fifteen days or by both such fine and imprison-
 19 ment.
 20 (b) A driver of a motor vehicle who causes physical injury as defined
 21 in article ten of the penal law to a highway worker in the work area
 22 while violating subdivision one of this section shall be guilty of a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01123-01-5

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 1 traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand
 2 dollars and not less than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for
 3 not more than forty-five days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 4 (c) A driver of a motor vehicle who causes serious physical injury as
 5 defined in article ten of the penal law to a highway worker in the work
 6 area while violating subdivision one of this section shall be guilty of
 7 a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand
 8 dollars and not less than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for
 9 not more than ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 10 3. In any case wherein the charge laid before the court alleges a
 11 violation of this section, any plea of guilty thereafter entered in
 12 satisfaction of such charge must include the fine imposed pursuant to
 13 this section and no other plea of guilty to any other charge in satis-
 14 faction of such charge shall be authorized; provided, however, if the
 15 prosecuting attorney, upon reviewing the available evidence, determines
 16 that the charge of a violation of this section is not warranted, such
 17 prosecuting attorney may consent, and the court may allow a disposition
 18 by plea of guilty to another charge in satisfaction of such charge;
 19 provided, however, in all such cases, the court shall set forth upon the
 20 r