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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4647
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 10, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 increasing
penalties for certain speed violations
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision h of section 1180 of the vehicle
2 and traffic law, as amended by section 6 of part C of chapter 62 of the
3 laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
4 3. Every person convicted of a violation of paragraph two of subdivi-
5 sion (d), subdivision (f) or (g) of this section shall be punished as
6 follows:
7 (i) Where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon
8 which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable speed limit by
9 not more than ten miles per hour, by a fine of not less than [ninety]
10 ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE nor more than [one hundred fifty] TWO HUNDRED
11 TWENTY-FIVE dollars;
12 (ii) Where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed upon
13 which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable speed limit by
14 more than ten miles per hour, but not more than thirty miles per hour,
15 by a fine of not less than [one hundred eighty] TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY nor
16 more than [three hundred] FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY dollars or by imprisonment
17 for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment,
18 provided, however, that where the vehicle is either (A) in violation of
19 any rules or regulations involving an out-of-service defect relating to
20 brake systems, steering components and/or coupling devices, or (B)
21 transporting flammable gas, radioactive materials or explosives, the
22 fine shall be [three hundred] FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY dollars or imprisonment
23 for not more than thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment;
24 (iii) Where the court or tribunal records or enters that the speed
25 upon which the conviction was based exceeded the applicable speed limit
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 by more than thirty miles per hour, by a fine of not less than [three
2 hundred sixty] FIVE HUNDRED FORTY nor more than [six] NINE hundred
3 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such
4 fine and imprisonment, provided, however, that where the vehicle is
5 either (A) in violation of any rules or regulations involving an out-of-
6 service defect relating to brake systems, steering components and/or
7 coupling devices, or (B) transporting flammable gas, radioactive materi-
8 als or explosives, the fine shall be [six] NINE hundred dollars or
9 imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both such fine and impri-
10 sonment.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.