A03252 Summary:

BILL NOA03252
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORCymbrowitz (MS)
 
COSPNSRAbbate, Braunstein, Cook, DenDekker, Galef, Gunther, Jaffee, McDonough, Peoples-Stokes, Raia, Ramos, Thiele, Magnarelli, Weprin, Montesano
 
MLTSPNSRBarclay, Colton, Fitzpatrick, Garbarino, Glick, Johns, Lupardo, Ra
 
Amd §600, V & T L
 
Enacts Seth's law relating to increasing penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting.
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A03252 Actions:

BILL NOA03252
 
01/29/2019referred to transportation
01/08/2020referred to transportation
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A03252 Committee Votes:

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A03252 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A03252 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3252
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 29, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, ABBATE, BRAUNSTEIN, COOK, DenDEKKER,
          GALEF,  GUNTHER,  JAFFEE,  McDONOUGH,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  RAIA,   RAMOS,
          THIELE,  MAGNARELLI, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY,
          COLTON, FITZPATRICK, GARBARINO, GLICK, JOHNS, LUPARDO, RA -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
          penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting
 
          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 "Seth's law".
     2    § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of  the  vehicle  and
     3  traffic  law,  as  amended by section 4 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the
     4  laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     5    c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a  of  this  subdivision
     6  resulting  solely  from the failure of an operator to exhibit his or her
     7  license and insurance identification card for the  vehicle  or  exchange
     8  the  information  required  in such paragraph shall constitute a class B
     9  misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty  nor
    10  more  than  five  hundred  dollars  in  addition  to any other penalties
    11  provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a  class
    12  A  misdemeanor  punishable  by  a fine of not less than five hundred nor
    13  more than one thousand  dollars  in  addition  to  any  other  penalties
    14  provided  by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this
    15  subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator  to  exhibit
    16  his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle or
    17  exchange  the information required in such paragraph, shall constitute a
    18  class [A misdemeanor] E felony, punishable by a fine of  not  less  than
    19  [five  hundred]  one  thousand  dollars  nor more than one thousand five
    20  hundred dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.  Any
    21  such  violation  committed  by a person after such person has previously
    22  been convicted of such a violation shall constitute a class [E] D  felo-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07372-01-9

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     1  ny,  punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand five hundred nor
     2  more than [two] three thousand [five hundred] dollars in addition to any
     3  other penalties provided by law.   Any violation of  the  provisions  of
     4  paragraph  a  of this subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an
     5  operator to exhibit his or her license and insurance identification card
     6  for such vehicle or exchange the information required in such paragraph,
     7  where the personal injury involved (i) results in serious physical inju-
     8  ry, as defined in section 10.00 of the penal  law,  shall  constitute  a
     9  class  [E]  D felony, punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand
    10  five hundred nor more than five thousand five hundred dollars  in  addi-
    11  tion  to  any  other penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in death
    12  shall constitute a class [D] C felony punishable by a fine of  not  less
    13  than  two thousand five hundred nor more than five thousand five hundred
    14  dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    16  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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