Bill Text: NY S02719 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases penalties and requires imprisonment for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02719 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02719-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2719
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- 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  increasing
         penalties and requiring imprisonment for leaving the scene of an acci-
         dent
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 600 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
    2  law, as amended by chapter 49 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. Property damage. a. Any person operating a motor vehicle who, know-
    5  ing  or  having  cause  to  know that damage has been caused to the real
    6  property or to the personal property, not including animals, of another,
    7  due to an incident involving the motor vehicle operated by  such  person
    8  shall, before leaving the place where the damage occurred, stop, exhibit
    9  his  or  her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle,
   10  when such card is required pursuant to articles six and  eight  of  this
   11  chapter,  and  give  his  or  her  name, residence, including street and
   12  number,  insurance  carrier  and  insurance  identification  information
   13  including  but  not  limited  to  the number and effective dates of said
   14  individual's insurance policy, and license number to the party  sustain-
   15  ing the damage, or in case the person sustaining the damage is not pres-
   16  ent  at  the place where the damage occurred then he or she shall report
   17  the same as soon as physically able to the nearest  police  station,  or
   18  judicial officer.
   19    b.  It shall be the duty of any member of a law enforcement agency who
   20  is at the scene of the accident to request the said operator  or  opera-
   21  tors  of  the  motor  vehicles,  when physically capable of doing so, to
   22  exchange the information required hereinabove and such member of  a  law
   23  enforcement  agency  shall  assist  such operator or operators in making
   24  such exchange of information in a reasonable and harmonious manner.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05572-01-3
       S. 2719                             2
    1    A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision shall
    2  constitute a [traffic infraction] CLASS A MISDEMEANOR  punishable  by  a
    3  fine  of  [up to two hundred fifty dollars or a sentence of imprisonment
    4  for up to fifteen days or both such fine and imprisonment] NOT LESS THAN
    5  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A SENTENCE
    6  OF IMPRISONMENT OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  THREE
    7  OF  SECTION  70.00  OF THE PENAL LAW, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTIES
    8  PROVIDED BY LAW.
    9    S 2.   This act shall take  effect  on  the  first  of  November  next
   10  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.