Bill Text: NY A03279 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to adding community service to sentences for second and third degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - enacting clause stricken [A03279 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A03279-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3279 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to adding community service to sentences for second and third degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 and paragraph (b) of subdi- 2 vision 2 of section 511 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by 3 chapter 607 of the laws of 1993, are amended to read as follows: 4 (b) Aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third 5 degree is a misdemeanor. When a person is convicted of this offense, the 6 sentence of the court must be: (i) a fine of not less than two hundred 7 dollars nor more than five hundred dollars; or (ii) a term of imprison- 8 ment of not more than thirty days; or (iii) both such fine and imprison- 9 ment; or (iv) a term of service to the community not to exceed thirty 10 days. 11 (b) Aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second 12 degree is a misdemeanor. When a person is convicted of this crime under 13 subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the sentence of 14 the court must be: (i) a fine of not less than five hundred dollars; and 15 (ii) a term of imprisonment not to exceed one hundred eighty days; or 16 (iii) where appropriate a sentence of probation as provided in subdivi- 17 sion six of this section; or (iv) a term of imprisonment as a condition 18 of a sentence of probation as provided in the penal law and consistent 19 with this section; or (v) a term of service to the community not to 20 exceed one hundred eighty days. When a person is convicted of this 21 crime under subparagraph (ii), (iii) or (iv) of paragraph (a) of this 22 subdivision, the sentence of the court must be: (i) a fine of not less 23 than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars; and (ii) a 24 term of imprisonment of not less than seven days nor more than one EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00954-01-9A. 3279 2 1 hundred eighty days, or (iii) where appropriate a sentence of probation 2 as provided in subdivision six of this section; or (iv) a term of impri- 3 sonment as a condition of a sentence of probation as provided in the 4 penal law and consistent with this section; or (v) a term of service to 5 the community of not less than seven days nor more than one hundred 6 eighty days. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.