Assembly Bill A8587

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Includes in the class E felony of vehicular assault in the second degree, the causing of serious physical injury or death while operating a vehicle with suspended, revoked or no 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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2013-A8587 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6386
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.03, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A3536, S2484
2017-2018: A3759, S3299
2019-2020: A863, S2149
2021-2022: A9703, S1228
2023-2024: A6984, S3602

2013-A8587 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes in the class E felony of vehicular assault in the second degree, the causing of serious physical injury or death to another person, while operating a motor vehicle with a suspended or revoked license, or if he or she is unlicensed.

2013-A8587 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8587

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the penal law,  in  relation  to  including  within  the
  offense  of  vehicular  assault  in  the second degree, the causing of
  serious injury or death while knowingly operating a motor vehicle with
  a revoked or suspended license or while not holding a license

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

  Section  1. Section 120.03 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 732
of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
S 120.03 Vehicular assault in the second degree.
  A person is guilty of vehicular assault in the second degree  when  he
or she causes:
  1. serious physical injury to another person, and either:
  [(1)]  (A)  operates  a motor vehicle in violation of subdivision two,
three, four or four-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the  vehi-
cle  and  traffic law or operates a vessel or public vessel in violation
of paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subdivision two of  section  forty-
nine-a  of  the  navigation law, and as a result of such intoxication or
impairment by the use of a drug, or by the combined influence  of  drugs
or of alcohol and any drug or drugs, operates such motor vehicle, vessel
or public vessel in a manner that causes such serious physical injury to
such other person, or
  [(2)](B)  operates  a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating
of more than eighteen thousand  pounds  which  contains  flammable  gas,
radioactive  materials  or explosives in violation of subdivision one of
section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  and
such  flammable gas, radioactive materials or explosives is the cause of
such serious physical injury, and as a result of such impairment by  the
use of alcohol, operates such motor vehicle in a manner that causes such
serious physical injury to such other person, or
  [(3)]  (C) operates a snowmobile in violation of paragraph (b), (c) or
(d) of subdivision one of section 25.24 of  the  parks,  recreation  and
historic  preservation law or operates an all terrain vehicle as defined

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

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