Bill Text: NY S01181 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes the traffic infraction leaving the scene of an incident without reporting a class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01181 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01181-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1181
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- 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  making  the
          traffic  infraction  leaving  scene of an incident without reporting a
          class A misdemeanor
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  closing paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 600 of
     2  the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 49  of  the  laws  of
     3  2005, is amended to read as follows:
     4    A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision shall
     5  constitute  a  [traffic  infraction] class A misdemeanor punishable by a
     6  fine of [up to two] not less than five hundred [fifty] nor more than one
     7  thousand dollars [or a sentence of imprisonment for up to  fifteen  days
     8  or  both  such fine and imprisonment] in addition to any other penalties
     9  provided by law.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    11  ing 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.
                                                                   LBD06013-01-7