Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles, in consultation with the commissioner of education, to promulgate rules and regulations to implement GPS and an emergency communications system on school buses.
Relates to city reimbursement for state highway construction within such cities; raises such rate from eighty-five cents to one dollar and eighty cents per square yard of the pavement area.
Increases reimbursement rates paid by the state to cities for repair and maintenance of state arterials; provides rate would be raised to one dollar and eighty cents from eighty-five cents per square yard of the pavement area that is included in the state highway system and an additional twenty cents, up from ten cents, per square yard of such pavement area where such pavement area is located on any elevated bridge.
Makes it a class E felony to negligently cause the death of another person while operating a motor vehicle with a suspended, revoked or otherwise withdrawn license.
Establishes an online insurance verification system for proof of insurance; allows the use of third-party vendors and providers; requires motor vehicle insurers to provide policy information to the online verification system; establishes an online insurance verification advisory council; requires certain information to be confidential and proprietary information which is not subject to disclosure.
Establishes distinctive "Long Island Sound" license plates; creates the "Long Island Sound environmental fund" for the department of environmental conservation to distribute moneys to not-for-profit corporations, educational organizations or local governments undertaking projects aimed at the beautification of and environmental improvements to the Long Island Sound.
Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Firefighter Peyton L. S. Morse Memorial Highway" in the hamlet of La Fargeville, town of Orleans, Jefferson county.