Bill Text: NY A01624 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to creating the crime of criminal evasion

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to codes [A01624 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A01624-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1624
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  creating  the  crime  of
         criminal evasion
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 205.35  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 205.35 CRIMINAL EVASION.
    4    A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  CRIMINAL  EVASION  WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS A
    5  VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED TWO OR ELEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR  OF
    6  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC LAW AND WHILE COMMITTING SUCH VIOLATION OR IN
    7  THE IMMEDIATE FLIGHT THEREFROM, COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF RECKLESS  DRIVING
    8  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC
    9  LAW AND ANY OFFENSE CONTAINED IN SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  EIGHTY  OF  THE
   10  VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   11    CRIMINAL EVASION IS A CLASS D FELONY.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   13  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.
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