Bill Text: NY A03570 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3570
                               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 --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
          BARCLAY,  HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans-
          portation
        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] E felony, punishable by a fine of  not  less  than
    18  [five  hundred]  one  thousand  dollars nor more than [one] two thousand
    19  five hundred dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.
    20  Any such violation committed by a person after such person has previous-
    21  ly been convicted of such a violation shall constitute  a  class  [E]  D
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04629-01-9

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     1  felony,  punishable  by  a  fine of not less than [one] two thousand nor
     2  more than [two] five thousand [five hundred] dollars in addition to  any
     3  other  penalties  provided  by  law.  Any violation of the provisions of
     4  paragraph  a  of this subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an
     5  operator to exhibit his or her license and insurance identification card
     6  for such vehicle or exchange the information required in such paragraph,
     7  where the personal injury involved (i) results in serious physical inju-
     8  ry, as defined in section 10.00 of the penal  law,  shall  constitute  a
     9  class  E  felony, punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand nor
    10  more than five thousand dollars  in  addition  to  any  other  penalties
    11  provided  by  law,  or  (ii) results in death shall constitute a class D
    12  felony punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand nor more  than
    13  five  thousand  dollars  in  addition to any other penalties provided by
    14  law.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    16  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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