Bill Text: NY A09756 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the unlawful fleeing of a uniformed officer of the New York city taxi and limousine commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-20 - referred to codes [A09756 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09756-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9756
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 20, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation  to  amending  the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed
         officer of the New York city taxi and limousine commission
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  1  of  subdivision  e of section 19-506 of the
    2  administrative code of the city of New  York,  as  added  by  local  law
    3  number  32 of the city of New York for the year 2012, is amended to read
    4  as follows:
    5    (1) In addition to or as an alternative to the penalties provided  for
    6  the  violation of the provisions of paragraph one of subdivision b [or],
    7  subdivision d, OR SUBDIVISION L of this section, any  person  who  shall
    8  violate  such provisions shall, for the first violation, be liable for a
    9  civil penalty of one thousand five hundred dollars, and for  the  second
   10  violation committed within a [thirty six] THIRTY-SIX month period, for a
   11  civil penalty of two thousand dollars.
   12    S 2. Subdivision l of section 19-506 of the administrative code of the
   13  city  of New York, as added by chapter 9 of the laws of 2012, is amended
   14  to read as follows:
   15    l. A person is guilty of [unlawful] UNLAWFULLY  fleeing  [a  New  York
   16  city  taxi  and limousine] AN enforcement officer OF THE COMMISSION or A
   17  police officer when, knowing that he or she has been directed to  remain
   18  stopped  by  [a New York city taxi and limousine] AN enforcement officer
   19  OF THE COMMISSION or A police officer, the driver of a vehicle  [operat-
   20  ing  pursuant to a HAIL license who is stopped in a zone where he or she
   21  is not permitted to pick up street hails]  LICENSED  BY  THE  COMMISSION
   22  thereafter attempts to flee such officer ON FOOT OR by setting the vehi-
   23  cle  in  motion  and either [travels] TRAVELLING over three hundred feet
   24  without stopping or [engages] ENGAGING in conduct constituting  reckless
   25  driving  as  defined in section twelve hundred twelve of the vehicle and
   26  traffic law. [Unlawful] UNLAWFULLY fleeing [a New  York  city  taxi  and
   27  limousine]  AN enforcement officer OF THE COMMISSION or A police officer
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15308-01-4
       A. 9756                             2
    1  is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less  than  [seven  hundred
    2  fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars nor more than [one] TEN thousand dollars, or
    3  by  imprisonment of not more than [ninety] ONE HUNDRED TWENTY days or by
    4  both such fine and imprisonment.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision
    5  of  law,  any  charge  alleging a violation of this subdivision shall be
    6  returnable before a court having jurisdiction over misdemeanors.
    7    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.