Bill Text: NY A05077 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5077

Introduced

Bill Title: Makes it a class E felony to negligently cause the death of another person while operating a motor vehicle with a suspended, revoked or otherwise withdrawn license.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A05077 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05077-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5077

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 2, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. GUNTHER, COOK -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  aggravated
          unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  "Teresita's
     2  law".
     3    §  2.  Subparagraph  (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
     4  511 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 169 of the  laws
     5  of  2013,  is  amended  and  a  new subparagraph (v) is added to read as
     6  follows:
     7    (iv) operates a motor vehicle upon a public highway  while  holding  a
     8  conditional  license  issued  pursuant  to  paragraph (a) of subdivision
     9  seven of section eleven hundred ninety-six of this chapter  while  under
    10  the influence of alcohol or a drug in violation of subdivision one, two,
    11  two-a,  three, four, four-a or five of section eleven hundred ninety-two
    12  of this chapter[.]; or
    13    (v) commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a  motor
    14  vehicle  in  the  third  degree  as  defined  in subdivision one of this
    15  section; and while operating such vehicle negligently causes  the  death
    16  of another person.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09864-01-3