New York A 10527: Relates to increasing fines for the use of portable electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle

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A10527 Summary:

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Increases fines for the use of portable electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle.

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BILL NOA10527 

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03/06/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10527

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to fines for
 the use of portable electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 1225-d of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by section 7 of part B of chapter 55 of the laws of
 3 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 4 6. A violation of this section shall be a traffic infraction and shall
 5 be punishable by a fine of [not less than fifty dollars nor more than
 6 two] five hundred dollars upon conviction of a first violation; upon
 7 conviction of a second violation, both of which were committed within a
 8 period of eighteen months, such violation shall be punished by a fine of
 9 [not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred fifty] one thou-
 10 sand dollars; and upon conviction of a third or subsequent violation,
 11 all of which were committed within a period of eighteen months, such
 12 violation shall be punished by a fine of [not less than fifty dollars
 13 nor more than four hundred fifty] two thousand dollars.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 15 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13705-01-5

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