Bill Text: NY S04715 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts Seth's law relating to increasing penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04715 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S04715-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4715 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 21, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ANTONACCI -- 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 for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting 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 "Seth's law". 2 § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of the vehicle and 3 traffic law, as amended by section 4 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the 4 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 5 c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision 6 resulting solely from the failure of an operator to exhibit his or her 7 license and insurance identification card for the vehicle or exchange 8 the information required in such paragraph shall constitute a class B 9 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty nor 10 more than five hundred dollars in addition to any other penalties 11 provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a class 12 A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor 13 more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties 14 provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this 15 subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit 16 his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle or 17 exchange the information required in such paragraph, shall constitute a 18 class [A misdemeanor] E felony, punishable by a fine of not less than 19 [five hundred] one thousand dollars nor more than one thousand five 20 hundred dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law. Any 21 such violation committed by a person after such person has previously 22 been convicted of such a violation shall constitute a class [E] D felo- 23 ny, punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand five hundred nor 24 more than [two] three thousand [five hundred] dollars in addition to any 25 other penalties provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07372-01-9S. 4715 2 1 paragraph a of this subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an 2 operator to exhibit his or her license and insurance identification card 3 for such vehicle or exchange the information required in such paragraph, 4 where the personal injury involved (i) results in serious physical inju- 5 ry, as defined in section 10.00 of the penal law, shall constitute a 6 class [E] D felony, punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand 7 five hundred nor more than five thousand five hundred dollars in addi- 8 tion to any other penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in death 9 shall constitute a class [D] C felony punishable by a fine of not less 10 than two thousand five hundred nor more than five thousand five hundred 11 dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law. 12 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 13 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
