Bill Text: NY S03732 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts Michelle and Jordan's law relating to the penalties for a second conviction of participating in an unlawful speed contest or race.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-08 - referred to transportation [S03732 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S03732-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3732 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 17, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to enact "Michelle and Jordan's law"; and to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to speed contests and races THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 "Michelle and Jordan's law". 3 S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 1182 of the vehicle and traffic law, as 4 amended by section 9 of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 2. A second conviction within twelve months of a violation of this 7 section SHALL CONSTITUTE A CLASS E FELONY AND shall be punishable by 8 imprisonment of [not more than six months] UP TO ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY or 9 a fine of not less than five hundred twenty-five dollars nor more than 10 seven hundred fifty dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. 11 S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 12 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the commissioner of 13 motor vehicles may add, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation neces- 14 sary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00862-01-5