Assembly Bill A521

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Creates the crimes of dangerous driving in the fifth, fourth, third, second and first degrees

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2013-A521 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2479
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§120.71 - 120.75, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2589
2011-2012: A365, S5097
2015-2016: A7120, S3324
2017-2018: A3588, S3313
2019-2020: A5101, S1786
2021-2022: S4904
2023-2024: S4093

2013-A521 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crimes of dangerous driving in the fifth, fourth, third, second and first degrees; imposes criminal liability on drivers who continue to operate motor vehicles in violation of the vehicle and traffic law and cause injury as a result.

2013-A521 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   521

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. CUSICK, LENTOL, GALEF, TITONE -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  creating  the  crimes  of
  dangerous  driving  in  the  fifth,  fourth,  third,  second and first
  degrees

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

  Section  1.  The  penal  law  is  amended  by adding five new sections
120.71, 120.72, 120.73, 120.74 and 120.75 to read as follows:
S 120.71 DANGEROUS DRIVING IN THE FIFTH DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF DANGEROUS DRIVING IN THE FIFTH DEGREE,  WHEN  HE
OR  SHE,  HAVING  BEEN CONVICTED WITHIN THE PRECEDING EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF
ANY TWO VIOLATIONS OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINE,  FIVE  HUNDRED  ELEVEN,
SIX HUNDRED, ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO, ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO, ELEV-
EN  HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO-A  OR  TWELVE  HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE VEHICLE AND
TRAFFIC LAW, OPERATES A MOTOR  VEHICLE  IN  VIOLATION  OF  ANY  OF  SUCH
SECTIONS OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND IN DOING SO CAUSES PHYSICAL
INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON.
  DANGEROUS DRIVING IN THE FIFTH DEGREE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
S 120.72 DANGEROUS DRIVING IN THE FOURTH DEGREE.
  A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF DANGEROUS DRIVING IN THE FOURTH DEGREE, WHEN HE
OR SHE, KNOWINGLY HAS IN EFFECT THREE OR MORE SUSPENSIONS, IMPOSED ON AT
LEAST THREE SEPARATE DATES FOR FAILURE TO ANSWER, APPEAR, OR PAY A  FINE
PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THE
VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW OR PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  SECTION
FIVE  HUNDRED  TEN  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AND WHILE OPERATING A
MOTOR VEHICLE CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON.
  DANGEROUS DRIVING IN THE FOURTH DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
S 120.73 DANGEROUS DRIVING IN THE THIRD DEGREE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00824-01-3
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.