Bill Text: NY S02588 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed police officer of the New York city taxi and limousine commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S02588 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02588-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2588
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 28, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation  to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed officer of
          the New York city taxi and limousine commission
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 19-506 of the administrative code
     2  of the city of New York, as added by chapter 9 of the laws of  2012,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    l.  A  person  is  guilty of [unlawful] unlawfully fleeing [a New York
     5  city taxi and limousine] an enforcement officer of the commission  or  a
     6  police  officer when, knowing that he or she has been directed to remain
     7  stopped by [a New York city taxi and limousine] an  enforcement  officer
     8  of  the commission or a police officer, the driver of a vehicle [operat-
     9  ing pursuant to a HAIL license who is stopped in a zone where he or  she
    10  is  not  permitted  to  pick up street hails] licensed by the commission
    11  thereafter attempts to flee such officer on foot or by setting the vehi-
    12  cle in motion and either [travels] travelling over  three  hundred  feet
    13  without  stopping or [engages] engaging in conduct constituting reckless
    14  driving as defined in section twelve hundred twelve of the  vehicle  and
    15  traffic  law.  [Unlawful]  Unlawfully  fleeing [a New York city taxi and
    16  limousine] an enforcement officer of the commission or a police  officer
    17  is  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by a fine of not less than seven hundred
    18  fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment  of
    19  not  more  than  ninety  days  or  by  both  such fine and imprisonment.
    20  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law,  any  charge  alleging  a
    21  violation  of this subdivision shall be returnable before a court having
    22  jurisdiction over misdemeanors.
    23    § 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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