Assembly Bill A9458

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases the penalties for driving with a suspended or revoked license

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A9458 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6460
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §511, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4190, S1271
2013-2014: A5533, S1919

2009-A9458 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the penalties for driving with a suspended or revoked license.

2009-A9458 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9458

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. FIELDS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
  the penalties for driving with a suspended or revoked license

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1, paragraph (b) of subdivi-
sion 2 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 511 of the  vehicle
and  traffic  law,  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 1 and paragraph (b) of
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 607 of the laws of  1993  and  para-
graph (b) of subdivision 3 as separately amended by chapters 786 and 892
of the laws of 1990, are amended to read as follows:
  (b)  Aggravated  unlicensed  operation of a motor vehicle in the third
degree is a misdemeanor. When a person is convicted of this offense, the
sentence of the court must be: (i) a fine of not less  than  [two]  FIVE
hundred  dollars  nor  more than [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars; or
(ii) a term of imprisonment of not more than thirty days; or (iii)  both
such fine and imprisonment.
  (b)  Aggravated  unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second
degree is a misdemeanor. When a person is convicted of this crime  under
subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the sentence of
the court must be: (i) a fine of not less than [five hundred] ONE  THOU-
SAND  dollars[;  and] NOR MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND/OR (ii) a
term of imprisonment not to exceed one hundred  eighty  days;  or  (iii)
where appropriate a sentence of probation as provided in subdivision six
of  this  section;  or  (iv)  a term of imprisonment as a condition of a
sentence of probation as provided in the penal law and  consistent  with
this  section.  When  a person is convicted of this crime under subpara-
graph (ii), (iii) or (iv) of paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision,  the
sentence  of the court must be: (i) a fine of not less than five hundred
dollars nor more than one thousand dollars; and (ii) a term of imprison-
ment of not less than seven days nor more than one hundred eighty  days,
or (iii) where appropriate a sentence of probation as provided in subdi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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