S 1494: Relates to penalties for striking a pedestrian crossing a street while operating a motor vehicle.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1494 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT in relation to penalties for striking a pedestrian crossing a street 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. The commissioner of the department of motor vehicles is 2 hereby directed to amend and/or adopt rules and regulations to provide 3 that any person who is convicted or enters a guilty plea of violating 4 section 1151 and/or 1151-a of the vehicle and traffic law shall receive 5 5 points on such person's driving record. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00530-01-5