Bill Text: NY A00686 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits a child less than ten years of age from being left unattended in a motor vehicle under conditions presenting substantial risk.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-17 - advanced to third reading cal.900 [A00686 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00686-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         686--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. MAGNARELLI, BENEDETTO, GALEF, GUNTHER, HOOPER,
          ORTIZ, RIVERA, TITUS, ABBATE, STIRPE, JAFFEE,  OTIS,  ARROYO,  MOSLEY,
          DAVILA,  PICHARDO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BLAKE,
          BRAUNSTEIN, COOK, HEVESI, MAGEE, McDONOUGH, SIMON, THIELE -- read once
          and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Transportation   --   committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accord-
          ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
          a  child  less  than  ten years of age from being left unattended in a
          motor vehicle under conditions presenting substantial risk
          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 a new
     2  section 1210-a to read as follows:
     3    § 1210-a. Unattended child in a motor vehicle.  1. No parent, guardian
     4  or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a child less
     5  than ten years old shall knowingly or recklessly, under conditions  that
     6  present a substantial health or safety risk, leave such child unattended
     7  inside  a  motor  vehicle.  Nothing  in  this section shall be deemed to
     8  supersede the provisions of any other applicable section of law.
     9    2. A violation of subdivision one of this section shall be  a  traffic
    10  infraction  and  shall  be  punishable  by a fine of not more than fifty
    11  dollars upon conviction of a  first  violation;  upon  conviction  of  a
    12  second  violation, both of which were committed within a period of eigh-
    13  teen months, such violation shall be punished by a fine of not more than
    14  one hundred dollars; upon conviction of a third or subsequent violation,
    15  all of which were committed within a period  of  eighteen  months,  such
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  violation  shall  be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred and
     2  fifty dollars.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
     4  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.