Bill Text: NY A02721 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Increases the penalty for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting; creates a public service campaign informing the public of the laws surrounding leaving the scene of an incident without reporting; establishes the statewide hit-and-run alert system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-22 - print number 2721a [A02721 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02721-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2721--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL, CYMBROWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUCHWALD, CUSICK, DE LA ROSA, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to leaving the scene of an incident without reporting The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of the vehicle 2 and traffic law, as amended by section 4 of part AAA of chapter 59 of 3 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 4 c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision 5 resulting solely from the failure of an operator to exhibit his or her 6 license and insurance identification card for the vehicle or exchange 7 the information required in such paragraph shall constitute a class B 8 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty nor 9 more than five hundred dollars in addition to any other penalties 10 provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a class 11 A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor 12 more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties 13 provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this 14 subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit 15 his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle or 16 exchange the information required in such paragraph, shall constitute a 17 class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred 18 dollars nor more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other 19 penalties provided by law. Any such violation committed by a person 20 after such person has previously been convicted of such a violation 21 shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of not less than EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02943-02-0A. 2721--A 2 1 one thousand nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars in addition 2 to any other penalties provided by law. Any violation of the provisions 3 of paragraph a of this subdivision, other than for the mere failure of 4 an operator to exhibit his or her license and insurance identification 5 card for such vehicle or exchange the information required in such para- 6 graph, where the personal injury involved (i) results in serious phys- 7 ical injury, as defined in section 10.00 of the penal law, shall consti- 8 tute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of not less than one 9 thousand five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars in addition to 10 any other penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in death shall 11 constitute a class D felony punishable by a fine of not less than two 12 thousand five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars in addition to 13 any other penalties provided by law. 14 § 2. The governor's traffic safety committee, with the cooperation of 15 the departments of motor vehicles, transportation and health, division 16 of state police, division of criminal justice services, and any other 17 department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency or public 18 authority of the state or any political subdivision thereof deemed 19 necessary by the committee, shall develop and implement a public 20 outreach campaign to inform the general public with regard to the statu- 21 tory changes made by this act, of the consequences and costs of leaving 22 the scene of a serious physical injury or fatal crash to victims and to 23 drivers, and of the impact that remaining at the scene of a crash can 24 have on victim survival and recovery rates. The departments of motor 25 vehicles, transportation and health, division of state police, division 26 of criminal justice services, and any department, division, board, 27 bureau, commission, agency, or public authority of the state or any 28 political subdivision thereof deemed necessary by the governor's traffic 29 safety committee, shall cooperate to the furthest extent possible in the 30 development and implementation of this campaign. 31 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 32 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 33 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 34 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 35 completed on or before such effective date.