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S08142 Summary:

BILL NO	S08142
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	FOLEY
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add S1212-a, V & T L
Establishes the offense of knowingly authorizing an unlicensed driver to operate a motor vehicle, a class A misdemeanor which subjects the violator to liability for any offenses committed by or damages caused by the unlicensed driver.

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S08142 Actions:

BILL NO	S08142
06/11/2010	REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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S08142 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8142
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 11, 2010
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FOLEY  -- 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 establishing
          the offense of knowingly authorizing an unlicensed driver to operate a
          motor vehicle
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1212-a to read as follows:
     3    § 1212-a. Knowingly authorizing an unlicensed or suspended  driver  to
     4  operate a motor vehicle. 1. An individual is guilty of knowingly author-
     5  izing  an unlicensed or suspended driver to operate a motor vehicle when
     6  he or she enables or authorizes another person to operate a motor  vehi-
     7  cle  owned or registered to such individual with the knowledge that such
     8  other person does not have a valid driver's license  pursuant  to  title
     9  five of this chapter.
    10    2.  Any individual found guilty of knowingly authorizing an unlicensed
    11  or suspended driver to operate a motor vehicle shall be subject to:

    12    (a) liability for any offense committed by or any  damages  caused  by
    13  such unlicensed or suspended driver; and
    14    (b) a civil penalty of one thousand dollars per violation.
    15    Knowingly  authorizing  an unlicensed or suspended driver to operate a
    16  motor vehicle is a class A misdemeanor.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    18  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD17719-01-0

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