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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

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IN SENATE

January 7, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to suspension of a license for failure to pay a fine for impaired driving violations

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

1 Section 1. The subdivision heading and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 4-a of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law, the subdivision head- 3 ing as amended by chapter 76 of the laws of 2021, and paragraph (a) as 4 amended by chapter 713 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as 5 follows: 6 Suspension for failure to answer an appearance ticket or pay a certain 7 fine . (a) Upon receipt of a court notification of the failure of a 8 person to appear within sixty days of the return date or new subsequent 9 adjourned date, pursuant to an appearance ticket charging said person 10 with a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter (except one 11 for parking, stopping, or standing) or for failure to pay a fine imposed 12 pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-three of this chapter for a 13 violation of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter , of any 14 violation of the tax law or of the transportation law regulating traffic 15 or of any lawful ordinance or regulation made by a local or public 16 authority, relating to traffic (except one for parking, stopping, or 17 standing) the commissioner or [ his or her ] the agent of such commission- 18 er may suspend the driver's license or privileges of such person pending 19 receipt of notice from the court that such person has appeared in 20 response to such appearance ticket or has paid or has entered into an 21 installment payment plan to pay the fine associated with a conviction 22 entered as a result of the failure to appear in response to such appear- 23 ance ticket or imposed pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-three 24 of this chapter for a violation of section eleven hundred ninety-two of 25 this chapter , or the defendant has been acquitted of the charge that led

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13350-04-6

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1 to the suspension or such charge was otherwise dismissed. Such suspen- 2 sion shall take effect no less than thirty days from the day upon which 3 an initial notice thereof is sent by the commissioner to the person 4 whose driver's license or privileges are to be suspended, provided that 5 the commissioner shall send such person at least two notices thereof, 6 including such initial notice, at least fifteen days apart during such 7 period. Any suspension issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be 8 subject to the provisions of paragraph (j-l) of subdivision two of 9 section five hundred three of this [ chapter ] title . 10 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 1802 of the vehicle and 11 traffic law, as added by chapter 382 of the laws of 2020, is amended to 12 read as follows: 13 (b) The court or hearing officer shall have the discretion in the 14 interests of justice to reduce or waive the amount of any fine, fee or 15 mandatory surcharge assessed for a violation of any of the provisions of 16 this chapter or any local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation made 17 by local authorities in relation to traffic , provided, however, the 18 provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to fines imposed pursuant 19 to section eleven hundred ninety-three of this chapter and mandatory 20 surcharges imposed pursuant to section eighteen hundred nine-c and para- 21 graph b of subdivision one of section eighteen hundred nine-e of this 22 chapter for violations of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this 23 chapter . 24 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 25 it shall have become a law.

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