Bill Text: NY A00252 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to penalties for causing a death while committing aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A00252 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A00252-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 252 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, COOK, RIVERA, MONTESANO, McLAUGHLIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY, KEARNS, MAGEE, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree 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 "Teresita's 2 law". 3 § 2. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 4 511 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 169 of the laws 5 of 2013, is amended and a new subparagraph (v) is added to read as 6 follows: 7 (iv) operates a motor vehicle upon a public highway while holding a 8 conditional license issued pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 seven of section eleven hundred ninety-six of this chapter while under 10 the influence of alcohol or a drug in violation of subdivision one, two, 11 two-a, three, four, four-a or five of section eleven hundred ninety-two 12 of this chapter[.]; or 13 (v) commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor 14 vehicle in the third degree as defined in subdivision one of this 15 section; and while operating such vehicle negligently causes the death 16 of another person. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02700-01-7