Bill Text: NY S01439 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts "Steven's Law"; requires passengers of motor vehicles involved in personal injury accidents to report such accident when the operator of such motor vehicle does not stop or provide information to the injured party.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01439 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01439-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1439
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- 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  enacting
         "Steven's Law" to require the reporting of personal injury motor vehi-
         cle accidents by passengers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  This act shall be known and  may  be  cited  as  "Steven's
    2  Law".
    3    S  2.  Section 600 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
    4  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    5    3. REPORT BY PASSENGER. ANY PASSENGER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE,  KNOWING  OR
    6  HAVING  CAUSE  TO  KNOW  THAT PERSONAL INJURY HAS BEEN CAUSED TO ANOTHER
    7  PERSON DUE TO AN INCIDENT INVOLVING THE MOTOR VEHICLE OF WHICH THEY  ARE
    8  A  PASSENGER, AND WHERE THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE HAS NOT STOPPED AND
    9  PROVIDED INFORMATION TO THE INJURED PARTY AND/OR TO  A  POLICE  OFFICER,
   10  SHALL  REPORT  SUCH  INCIDENT  AS SOON AS PHYSICALLY ABLE TO THE NEAREST
   11  POLICE STATION OR JUDICIAL OFFICER. A VIOLATION  OF  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
   12  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL CONSTITUTE A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A
   13  FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED  FIFTY  NOR  MORE  THAN  FIVE  HUNDRED
   14  DOLLARS IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTIES PROVIDED BY LAW.
   15    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   16  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.
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