STATE OF NEW YORK
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9913
IN ASSEMBLY
April 27, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. NOJAY -- 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 moving violations which result in the serious bodily
injury or death of another person
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
3 (i) Every person convicted of a traffic infraction for a violation of
4 any ordinance, order, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to title seven
5 of this chapter which involves a moving violation with a motor vehicle,
6 where such violation results in the serious bodily injury or death of
7 another person, shall be punishable as follows:
8 1. for a first offense, by: (i) a fine of up to three hundred dollars;
9 (ii) a license suspension of up to six months; and (iii) a mandated
10 driver safety course;
11 2. for a second offense, by: (i) a fine of up to one thousand dollars;
12 (ii) a license suspension of up to twelve months; and (iii) a mandated
13 driver safety course. Such person shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor
14 and shall be subject to a sentence of up to one hundred twenty days in
15 jail; and
16 3. for a third or subsequent offense, by permanent license revocation.
17 Such person shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject
18 to a sentence of up to twelve months in jail.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
20 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14818-02-6
