Bill Text: NY A07159 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7159 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to increasing the class for certain vehicular crimes and enacting Kane's law; increases the class of vehicular manslaughter in the first and second degrees, aggravated vehicular homicide, and aggravated unlicensed operation in the first degree.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A07159 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07159-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7159
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 10, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, DICKENS, D'URSO, SAYEGH -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Codes
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law  and the vehicle and traffic law, in
          relation to increasing the class  for  certain  vehicular  crimes  and
          enacting Kane's law
          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  "Kane's Law".
     3    §  2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 125.12 of the penal
     4  law, as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of 2006, is amended  to  read
     5  as follows:
     6    Vehicular manslaughter in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
     7    §  3. The second undesignated paragraph of section 125.13 of the penal
     8  law, as amended by chapter 496 of the laws of 2009, is amended  to  read
     9  as follows:
    10    Vehicular manslaughter in the first degree is a class [C] B felony.
    11    §  4. The second undesignated paragraph of section 125.14 of the penal
    12  law, as amended by chapter 496 of the laws of 2009, is amended  to  read
    13  as follows:
    14    Aggravated vehicular homicide is a class [B] A-2 felony.
    15    §  5. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 511 of the vehicle and
    16  traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 786 and 892 of  the  laws
    17  of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
    18    (b)  Aggravated  unlicensed  operation of a motor vehicle in the first
    19  degree is a class [E] D felony. When  a  person  is  convicted  of  this
    20  crime,  the  sentence  of the court must be: (i) a fine in an amount not
    21  less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars;  and
    22  (ii) a term of imprisonment as provided in the penal law, or (iii) where
    23  appropriate and a term of imprisonment is not required by the penal law,
    24  a  sentence of probation as provided in subdivision six of this section,
    25  or (iv) a term of imprisonment as a condition of a sentence of probation
    26  as provided in the penal law.
    27    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05761-01-9