Bill Text: NY A03570 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Increases fines for leaving scene of an accident without reporting.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-14)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A03570 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A03570-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3570--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, ARROYO, PICHARDO, THIELE, MAGNARELLI, McDONOUGH, RAIA, MONTESANO, COOK, WILLIAMS, TAYLOR, SEAWRIGHT, SANTA- BARBARA, CROUCH, RIVERA, LAWRENCE, DICKENS, GUNTHER, B. MILLER, WRIGHT, GALEF, DAVILA, PALUMBO, D'URSO, ORTIZ, GRIFFIN, REYES, GOTT- FRIED, JAFFEE, CRUZ, GIGLIO, NORRIS, DeSTEFANO, WALCZYK, FRONTUS, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, HYNDMAN, MIKULIN, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- 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 increasing penalties for leaving the scene of an accident 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 [five18hundred] seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04629-02-9A. 3570--A 2 1 in addition to any other penalties provided by law. Any such violation 2 committed by a person after such person has previously been convicted of 3 such a violation shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine 4 of not less than one thousand nor more than [two] three thousand [five5hundred] dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law. Any 6 violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision, other 7 than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit his or her license 8 and insurance identification card for such vehicle or exchange the 9 information required in such paragraph, where the personal injury 10 involved (i) results in serious physical injury, as defined in section 11 10.00 of the penal law, shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by 12 a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars 13 in addition to any other penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in 14 death shall constitute a class D felony punishable by a fine of not less 15 than two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars in addition to any 16 other penalties provided by law. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 18 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.