Bill Text: NY A05980 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5980 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires a person operating a motor vehicle which has come into physical contact with another object to stop such motor vehicle and make sure that the object was not a person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A05980 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05980-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5980
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 3, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. BURLING -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring  a
         person  operating a motor vehicle which has come into physical contact
         with another object to stop such motor vehicle and make sure that  the
         object was not a person
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 600 of the  vehicle
    2  and  traffic  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  49 of the laws of 2005, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    a. Any person operating a motor vehicle who, knowing or  having  cause
    5  to  know  that personal injury has been caused to another person, due to
    6  an incident involving the motor vehicle operated by such  person  shall,
    7  before  leaving the place where the said personal injury occurred, stop,
    8  exhibit his or her license and insurance identification  card  for  such
    9  vehicle,  when  such card is required pursuant to articles six and eight
   10  of this chapter, and give his or her name, residence,  including  street
   11  and street number, insurance carrier and insurance identification infor-
   12  mation  including  but  not limited to the number and effective dates of
   13  said individual's insurance policy and license number,  to  the  injured
   14  party,  if practical, and also to a police officer, or in the event that
   15  no police officer is in the vicinity of the place of said injury,  then,
   16  he  or  she shall report said incident as soon as physically able to the
   17  nearest police station or judicial officer.  IT IS NOT A DEFENSE TO THIS
   18  SUBDIVISION IF A PERSON WHO, HAVING CAUSE TO KNOW THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE
   19  HE OR SHE IS OPERATING HAS  COME  INTO  PHYSICAL  CONTACT  WITH  ANOTHER
   20  OBJECT,  INCLUDING  AN ANIMAL OR PROPERTY, HAS CAUSED PERSONAL INJURY TO
   21  ANOTHER PERSON AND DID NOT STOP HIS OR HER MOTOR VEHICLE  TO  MAKE  SURE
   22  THAT THE OBJECT THAT SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE HAS COME IN CONTACT WITH WAS NOT
   23  ANOTHER PERSON.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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