Bill Text: NY A02128 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2128 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to repeat offenders of driving accidents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to codes [A02128 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02128-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2128
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the  penal  law  and  the  criminal  procedure  law,  in
         relation to repeat offenders of driving accidents
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  70.06  of  the
    2  penal  law, as amended by chapter 410 of the laws of 1979, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    (a) A second felony offender is a person, other than a second  violent
    5  felony  offender  as defined in section 70.04, who stands convicted of a
    6  felony defined in this chapter OR IN THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,  other
    7  than  a  class A-I felony, after having previously been subjected to one
    8  or more predicate felony convictions as defined in paragraph (b) of this
    9  subdivision.
   10    S 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 160.10 of  the
   11  criminal  procedure  law, as amended by chapter 762 of the laws of 1971,
   12  are amended to read as follows:
   13    (b) A misdemeanor defined in the penal law OR THE VEHICLE AND  TRAFFIC
   14  LAW; or
   15    (c)  A  misdemeanor  defined  outside the penal law OR THE VEHICLE AND
   16  TRAFFIC LAW which would constitute a felony if such person had a  previ-
   17  ous judgment of conviction for a crime; or
   18    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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