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S01439 Summary:

BILL NO	S01439
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	O'MARA
COSPNSR	MARTINS
MLTSPNSR
Amd S600, V & T L
Enacts "Steven's Law"; requires passengers of motor vehicles involved in personal injury accidents to report such accident when the operator of such motor vehicle does not stop or provide information to the injured party.

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S01439 Actions:

BILL NO	S01439
01/12/2015	REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
06/09/2015	REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
01/06/2016	REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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S01439 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1439
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 12, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- 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  enacting
          "Steven's Law" to require the reporting of personal injury motor vehi-
          cle accidents by passengers
 
          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  "Steven's
     2  Law".
     3    §  2.  Section 600 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
     4  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     5    3. Report by passenger. Any passenger of a motor vehicle,  knowing  or
     6  having  cause  to  know  that personal injury has been caused to another
     7  person due to an incident involving the motor vehicle of which they  are
     8  a  passenger, and where the operator of such vehicle has not stopped and
     9  provided information to the injured party and/or to  a  police  officer,
    10  shall  report  such  incident  as soon as physically able to the nearest
    11  police station or judicial officer. A violation  of  the  provisions  of
    12  this  subdivision shall constitute a class B misdemeanor punishable by a
    13  fine of not less than two hundred  fifty  nor  more  than  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.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07381-01-5

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