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File #: Int 0971-2018    Version: * Name: Dangerous driving
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
File created: 6/7/2018 In control: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 6/7/2018 Final action:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to dangerous driving
Sponsors: Brad S. Lander, Ritchie J. Torres, Antonio Reynoso, Donovan J. Richards, Carlos Menchaca, Adrienne E. Adams, Stephen T. Levin, James G. Van Bramer, Vanessa L. Gibson, Mark Treyger, Helen K. Rosenthal, Keith Powers , Justin L. Brannan, Diana Ayala , Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Carlina Rivera , Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Robert F. Holden, Karen Koslowitz, Costa G. Constantinides, Margaret S. Chin
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required, Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 971, 2. Int. No. 971, 3. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-7-18, 4. Committee Report 8/15/18, 5. Hearing Testimony 8/15/18, 6. Hearing Transcript 8/15/18
Int. No. 971

By Council Members Lander, Torres, Reynoso, Richards, Menchaca, Adams, Levin, Van Bramer, Gibson, Treyger, Rosenthal, Powers, Brannan, Ayala, Rodriguez, Rivera, Ampry-Samuel, Holden, Koslowitz, Constantinides and Chin

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to dangerous driving
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-199.1 to read as follows:
? 19-199.1 Dangerous Driving. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Camera violation. The term "camera violation" means, on or after the date this section becomes law, the failure of an operator to comply with traffic-control indications pursuant to section 1111-a of the vehicle and traffic law and section 19-210 of the administrative code, or the failure of an operator to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits pursuant to section 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law and section 39-21 of title 19 of the rules of the city of New York, other than any such violation that occurred in a time period during which the vehicle was reported to the police department as having been stolen.
Covered vehicle. The term "covered vehicle" means any motor vehicle, other than a rental vehicle as defined in section 137-a of the vehicle and traffic law, that has been documented by a photo violation monitoring device for a camera violation at least five times within a 12-month period or any motor vehicle determined by the department to be a covered vehicle pursuant to subdivision h.
Traffic safety program. The term "traffic safety program" means a traffic safety program approved by the department.
b. The department shall notify, by certified mail, the owner of a motor vehicle after the vehicle's fourth documentation for a ...

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