Bill Text: NY A02809 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts Michelle and Jordan's law relating to the penalties for a second conviction of participating in an unlawful speed contest or race.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A02809 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02809-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2809
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. TITONE, ABBATE, PAULIN, McDONOUGH, RAIA, GALEF,
         COLTON, MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  CERETTO,  CROUCH,
         FINCH,  GUNTHER,  HOOPER, McKEVITT, TITUS -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to enact "Michelle and Jordan's law"; and to  amend  the  vehicle
         and traffic law, in relation to speed contests and races
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
    2  "Michelle and Jordan's law".
    3    S  2. Subdivision 2 of section 1182 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    4  amended by section 9 of part C of chapter 62 of the  laws  of  2003,  is
    5  amended to read as follows:
    6    2.  A  second  conviction  within twelve months of a violation of this
    7  section SHALL CONSTITUTE A CLASS E FELONY AND  shall  be  punishable  by
    8  imprisonment of [not more than six months] UP TO ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY or
    9  a  fine  of not less than five hundred twenty-five dollars nor more than
   10  seven hundred fifty dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment.
   11    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   12  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the  commissioner  of
   13  motor  vehicles  may add, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation neces-
   14  sary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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