Bill Text: NY A03126 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts Seth's law relating to increasing penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A03126 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A03126-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3126 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 2, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 "Seth's law". 3 § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of the vehicle and 4 traffic law, as amended by chapter 497 of the laws of 2022, is amended 5 to read as follows: 6 c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision 7 resulting solely from the failure of an operator to exhibit his or her 8 license and insurance identification card for the vehicle or exchange 9 the information required in such paragraph shall constitute a class B 10 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty nor 11 more than five hundred dollars in addition to any other penalties 12 provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a class 13 A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor 14 more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties 15 provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this 16 subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit 17 his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle or 18 exchange the information required in such paragraph, shall constitute a 19 class [A misdemeanor] E felony, punishable by a fine of not less than 20 [seven hundred fifty] one thousand dollars nor more than one thousand 21 five hundred dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law. 22 Any such violation committed by a person after such person has previous- 23 ly been convicted of such a violation shall constitute a class [E] D 24 felony, punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand five hundred 25 nor more than three thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07671-01-3A. 3126 2 1 provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this 2 subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit 3 his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle or 4 exchange the information required in such paragraph, where the personal 5 injury involved (i) results in serious physical injury, as defined in 6 section 10.00 of the penal law, shall constitute a class [E] D felony, 7 punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand five hundred nor more 8 than five thousand five hundred dollars in addition to any other penal- 9 ties provided by law, or (ii) results in death shall constitute a class 10 [D] C felony punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand five 11 hundred nor more than five thousand five hundred dollars in addition to 12 any other penalties provided by law. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 14 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
