Penal Law § 60.20

Authorized dispositions; traffic infraction · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 60.20 Authorized dispositions; traffic infraction.

1. When a person is convicted of a traffic infraction, the sentence of the court shall be as follows:

(a) A period of conditional discharge, as provided in article sixty-five; or

(b) Unconditional discharge as provided in section 65.20; or

(c) A fine or a sentence to a term of imprisonment, or both, as prescribed in and authorized by the provision that defines the infraction; or

(d) A sentence of intermittent imprisonment, as provided in article eighty-five.

2. Where a sentence of conditional discharge is imposed for a traffic infraction, all incidents of the sentence shall be the same as would be applicable if the sentence were for a violation.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/60.20

In plain English

For a traffic infraction, the court may impose:

(1)(a)–(b) conditional or unconditional discharge;
(1)(c) the authorized fine, imprisonment, or both; or
(1)(d) intermittent imprisonment. ★
(2) A conditional-discharge sentence has the same incidents as one imposed for a violation.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.