A00689 Summary:
| BILL NO | A00689 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Buttenschon |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §511, V & T L | |
| Reduces the classification of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree from a misdemeanor to a violation; adjusts the sentencing guidelines for such offense by decreasing the term of imprisonment that may be imposed by the court for such offense. | |
A00689 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 689 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to reducing the classification of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree from a misdemeanor to a violation and adjusting the sentencing guidelines for such offense The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 511 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 607 of the laws of 1993, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (b) Aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third 5 degree is a [misdemeanor] violation. When a person is convicted of this 6 offense, the sentence of the court must be: (i) a fine of not less than 7 two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars; or (ii) a term 8 of imprisonment of not more than [thirty] fifteen days; or (iii) both 9 such fine and imprisonment. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02041-01-5