Bill Text: NY A02947 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that a person is guilty of aggravated reckless driving when such person causes the death or serious physical injury of another person by operation of a motor vehicle.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A02947 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A02947-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2947--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL, MURRAY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transporta- tion -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to determining when a person is guilty of aggravated reckless driving in the first or second degree THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new 2 sections 1212-a and 1212-b to read as follows: 3 S 1212-A. AGGRAVATED RECKLESS DRIVING IN THE SECOND DEGREE. A PERSON 4 IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED RECKLESS DRIVING IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN HE OR 5 SHE CAUSES THE SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OF ANOTHER PERSON BY OPERATION OF 6 A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN SUCH SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY WAS CAUSED BY SUCH 7 PERSON: 8 (A) COMMITTING A MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION; AND (I) SUCH PERSON HAS 9 PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF TWO OR MORE MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS ON AT 10 LEAST TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FIVE 11 YEARS; OR 12 (II) SUCH PERSON HAS ACQUIRED AT LEAST FIFTEEN POINTS ON HIS OR HER 13 DRIVING RECORD WITHIN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TEN YEARS. 14 (B) AT THE TIME SUCH PERSON IS OPERATING SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE, (I) HIS 15 OR HER LICENSE IS REVOKED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH A OF 16 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND SUCH 17 PERSON KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW THAT HIS OR HER LICENSE HAS BEEN SO 18 REVOKED; OR 19 (II) HE OR SHE IS VIOLATING SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAP- 20 TER AND THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION WAS ISSUED PURSUANT TO A CONVICTION 21 FOR AN OFFENSE BASED ON THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OR PURSUANT TO EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02958-02-5 A. 2947--A 2 1 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER OR RELATING TO THE 2 OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE DUE TO AN UNDERLYING OFFENSE THAT WOULD 3 RESULT IN POINTS ON THE DRIVER'S RECORD PURSUANT TO 15 NYCRR 131.3 AND 4 RELATED REGULATIONS. 5 (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION" 6 SHALL MEAN THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF ANY ONE OF 7 THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER: SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIX 8 HUNDRED, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY, 9 SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO, SECTION ELEVEN 10 HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR, SUBDIVISIONS (A), (B), (C), (D) AND (F) OF SECTION 11 ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY PROVIDED THAT THE VIOLATION INVOLVED TWENTY OR 12 MORE MILES PER HOUR OVER THE ESTABLISHED LIMIT, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED 13 EIGHTY-TWO, AND SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE. THE TERM "MAJOR TRAFFIC 14 VIOLATION" SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO, THREE OR 15 FOUR OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, AS WELL AS 16 ANY VIOLATION OF THE PENAL LAW THAT INCLUDES A VIOLATION OF SECTION 17 ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER AS ONE OF ITS ELEMENTS. 18 AGGRAVATED RECKLESS DRIVING IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY. 19 S 1212-B. AGGRAVATED RECKLESS DRIVING IN THE FIRST DEGREE. A PERSON IS 20 GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED RECKLESS DRIVING IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE 21 CAUSES THE DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON BY OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN 22 SUCH DEATH WAS CAUSED BY SUCH PERSON: 23 (A) COMMITTING A MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION; AND (I) SUCH PERSON HAS 24 PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF TWO OR MORE MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS ON AT 25 LEAST TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FIVE 26 YEARS; OR 27 (II) SUCH PERSON HAS ACQUIRED AT LEAST FIFTEEN POINTS ON HIS OR HER 28 DRIVING RECORD WITHIN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TEN YEARS. 29 (B) AT THE TIME SUCH PERSON IS OPERATING SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE, (I) HIS 30 OR HER LICENSE IS REVOKED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH A OF 31 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND SUCH 32 PERSON KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW THAT HIS OR HER LICENSE HAS BEEN SO 33 REVOKED; OR 34 (II) HE OR SHE IS VIOLATING SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAP- 35 TER AND THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION WAS ISSUED PURSUANT TO A CONVICTION 36 FOR AN OFFENSE BASED ON THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OR PURSUANT TO 37 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER OR RELATING TO THE 38 OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE DUE TO AN UNDERLYING OFFENSE THAT WOULD 39 RESULT IN POINTS ON THE DRIVER'S RECORD PURSUANT TO 15 NYCRR 131.3 AND 40 RELATED REGULATIONS. 41 (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION" 42 SHALL MEAN THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF ANY ONE OF 43 THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER: SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIX 44 HUNDRED, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY, 45 SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO, SECTION ELEVEN 46 HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR, SUBDIVISIONS (A), (B), (C), (D) AND (F) OF SECTION 47 ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY PROVIDED THAT THE VIOLATION INVOLVED TWENTY OR 48 MORE MILES PER HOUR OVER THE ESTABLISHED LIMIT, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED 49 EIGHTY-TWO, AND SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS CHAPTER. THE TERM 50 "MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION" SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION 51 TWO, THREE OR FOUR OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, 52 AS WELL AS ANY VIOLATION OF THE PENAL LAW THAT INCLUDES A VIOLATION OF 53 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER AS ONE OF ITS 54 ELEMENTS. 55 AGGRAVATED RECKLESS DRIVING IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY. A. 2947--A 3 1 S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 511 of the vehicle and 2 traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (v) to read as 3 follows: 4 (V) WHEN SUCH PERSON OPERATES A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY 5 AFTER SUCH PERSON'S APPLICATION FOR RELICENSING HAS BEEN DENIED PURSUANT 6 TO 15 NYCRR 136.5(B)(1) OR (2) OR WHEN SUCH OPERATION OCCURS WITHIN THE 7 PERIOD OF REAPPLICATION DELAY IMPOSED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO 15 8 NYCRR 136.5(B)(3) OR (4). 9 S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 10 have become a law.