Bill Text: NY S03644 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes police officers to arrest a driver of a motor vehicle in certain circumstances without a warrant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-17 - referred to transportation [S03644 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03644-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3644
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 7, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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  authorizing
         police  officers  to  arrest  a  driver  of a motor vehicle in certain
         circumstances
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section 1146 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
    3    (F) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 140.10 OF  THE  CRIMINAL
    4  PROCEDURE LAW, A POLICE OFFICER MAY, WITHOUT A WARRANT, ARREST A PERSON,
    5  IN  CASE  OF  A  VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B) OR (C) OF THIS SECTION, IF
    6  SUCH VIOLATION IS COUPLED WITH AN ACCIDENT OR COLLISION  IN  WHICH  SUCH
    7  PERSON  IS INVOLVED, WHICH IN FACT HAS BEEN COMMITTED, THOUGH NOT IN THE
    8  POLICE OFFICER'S PRESENCE, WHEN THE  OFFICER  HAS  REASONABLE  CAUSE  TO
    9  BELIEVE THAT THE VIOLATION WAS COMMITTED BY SUCH PERSON.
   10    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   11  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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