Bill Text: NY S01600 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1600 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to penalties for causing a death while committing aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-09 - referred to transportation [S01600 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01600-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1600
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed 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    S  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    S 3. 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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