Bill Text: NY A07093 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts "CJ's law" in relation to increasing the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting where such accident resulted in the death of a minor to a class C felony punishable by a fine of not less than four thousand nor more than eight thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A07093 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07093-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7093

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 10, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation

        AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
          the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident  without  reporting
          where such accident resulted in the death of a minor

          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 "CJ's law".
     2    § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of  the  vehicle  and
     3  traffic  law,  as amended by chapter 497 of the laws of 2022, is amended
     4  to read as follows:
     5    c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a  of  this  subdivision
     6  resulting  solely  from the failure of an operator to exhibit his or her
     7  license and insurance identification card for the  vehicle  or  exchange
     8  the  information  required  in such paragraph shall constitute a class B
     9  misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty  nor
    10  more  than  five  hundred  dollars  in  addition  to any other penalties
    11  provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a  class
    12  A  misdemeanor  punishable  by  a fine of not less than five hundred nor
    13  more than one thousand  dollars  in  addition  to  any  other  penalties
    14  provided  by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this
    15  subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator  to  exhibit
    16  his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle or
    17  exchange  the information required in such paragraph, shall constitute a
    18  class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than seven hundred
    19  fifty dollars nor more than one thousand  dollars  in  addition  to  any
    20  other  penalties  provided  by  law.  Any  such violation committed by a
    21  person after such  person  has  previously  been  convicted  of  such  a
    22  violation shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of not
    23  less  than one thousand nor more than three thousand dollars in addition
    24  to any other penalties provided by law. Any violation of the  provisions

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  of  paragraph  a of this subdivision, other than for the mere failure of
     2  an operator to exhibit his or her license and  insurance  identification
     3  card for such vehicle or exchange the information required in such para-
     4  graph,  where  the personal injury involved (i) results in serious phys-
     5  ical injury, as defined in section 10.00 of the penal law, shall consti-
     6  tute a class E felony, punishable  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one
     7  thousand  nor  more  than five thousand dollars in addition to any other
     8  penalties provided by law, [or] (ii) results in death shall constitute a
     9  class D felony punishable by a fine of not less than  two  thousand  nor
    10  more  than  five  thousand  dollars  in  addition to any other penalties
    11  provided by law, or (iii) results in death of a minor shall constitute a
    12  class C felony punishable by a fine of not less than four  thousand  nor
    13  more  than  eight  thousand  dollars  in addition to any other penalties
    14  provided by law.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have  become
    16  a law.