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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 09, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S183
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S183 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1146, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S872
2013-S183 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S183 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing police officers to arrest a driver of a motor vehicle in certain circumstances PURPOSE: This bill allows police officers to arrest a driver of a motor vehicle in certain circumstances without a warrant. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1146, Article 26 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law is amended to add a new subdivision (f). A police officer may arrest, without a warrant, a driver whom the officer has reasonable cause to believe violated subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 1146, which allow for a traffic infraction punishable by fines not to exceed five hundred dollars or seven hundred fifty dollars, depending on the severity of injury caused, or imprisonment not to exceed fifteen days, or required participation in a motor vehicle accident prevention course, or a combination of any of these punishments when a driver has caused physical injury or serious physical injury to a pedestrian or bicyclist due to failure to exercise due care in the operation of a motor vehicle.
2013-S183 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 183 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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 authorizing police officers to arrest a driver of a motor vehicle in certain circumstances THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1146 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows: (F) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 140.10 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, A POLICE OFFICER MAY, WITHOUT A WARRANT, ARREST A PERSON, IN CASE OF A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B) OR (C) OF THIS SECTION, IF SUCH VIOLATION IS COUPLED WITH AN ACCIDENT OR COLLISION IN WHICH SUCH PERSON IS INVOLVED, WHICH IN FACT HAS BEEN COMMITTED, THOUGH NOT IN THE POLICE OFFICER'S PRESENCE, WHEN THE OFFICER HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE VIOLATION WAS COMMITTED BY SUCH PERSON. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00307-01-3
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