Bill Text: NY S06281 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6281 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Makes it a class E felony to negligently cause the death of another person while operating a motor vehicle with a suspended, revoked or otherwise withdrawn license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06281 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06281-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6281

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 20, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. MARTUCCI -- 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  aggravated
          unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree

          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  "Teresita's
     2  law".
     3    §  2.  Subparagraph  (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
     4  511 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 169 of the  laws
     5  of  2013,  is  amended  and  a  new subparagraph (v) is added to read as
     6  follows:
     7    (iv) operates a motor vehicle upon a public highway  while  holding  a
     8  conditional  license  issued  pursuant  to  paragraph (a) of subdivision
     9  seven of section eleven hundred ninety-six of this chapter  while  under
    10  the influence of alcohol or a drug in violation of subdivision one, two,
    11  two-a,  three, four, four-a or five of section eleven hundred ninety-two
    12  of this chapter[.]; or
    13    (v) commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a  motor
    14  vehicle  in  the  third  degree  as  defined  in subdivision one of this
    15  section; and while operating such vehicle negligently causes  the  death
    16  of another person.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10993-01-1