S 6564: Provides that the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in a school traffic control zone are doubled; requires such zones to be marked by a traffic light or stop sign.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6564 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 doubling the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in school traffic control zones The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new 2 sections 1800-a and 1801-a to read as follows: 3 § 1800-a. School traffic control zone; traffic infractions. Notwith- 4 standing the provisions of section eighteen hundred of this article and 5 any rule or regulation to the contrary, that part of any highway adja- 6 cent to a school where maximum school speed limits have been estab- 7 lished, shall also be designated a school traffic control zone and shall 8 be clearly marked with the placement of either a traffic light or stop 9 sign at every intersection or corner immediately surrounding a school 10 safety zone within such school zone. All fines for traffic infractions 11 pursuant to this chapter which are committed in a school traffic control 12 zone shall be double the maximum amount otherwise set out in this chap- 13 ter for such infractions. 14 § 1801-a. School traffic control zone; misdemeanors. Notwithstanding 15 the provisions of section eighteen hundred one of this article and any 16 rule or regulation to the contrary, all fines for misdemeanor 17 convictions pursuant to this chapter, which are committed in a school 18 traffic control zone, as designated pursuant to section eighteen 19 hundred-a of this article, shall be double the maximum amount otherwise 20 set out in this chapter for such misdemeanor convictions. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 22 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 23 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 24 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 25 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10602-01-5