Bill Text: NY S00214 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elevates the crime of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree from an E felony to a D felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00214 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00214-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  penalties
         for  aggravated  unlicensed  operation of a motor vehicle in the first
         degree
         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 3 of section 511 of the vehi-
    2  cle and traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 786  and  892  of
    3  the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (b)  Aggravated  unlicensed  operation of a motor vehicle in the first
    5  degree is a class [E] D felony. When  a  person  is  convicted  of  this
    6  crime,  the  sentence  of the court must be: (i) a fine in an amount not
    7  less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars;  and
    8  (ii) a term of imprisonment as provided in the penal law, or (iii) where
    9  appropriate and a term of imprisonment is not required by the penal law,
   10  a  sentence of probation as provided in subdivision six of this section,
   11  or (iv) a term of imprisonment as a condition of a sentence of probation
   12  as provided in the penal law.
   13    S 2.   This act shall take  effect  on  the  first  of  November  next
   14  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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