Senate Bill S4030

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides that a person who leaves the scene of a motor vehicle accident that caused the death of a person or persons shall be presumed to have had a blood alcohol content of .18

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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-S4030 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6386
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§125.14 & 120.04-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A2645
2017-2018: A4917
2019-2020: A3986

2013-S4030 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a person who leaves the scene of a motor vehicle accident that caused the death of a person or persons shall be presumed to have had a blood alcohol content of .18 at the time of the accident.

2013-S4030 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4030 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4030

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 5, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to leaving  the  scene  of  a
  motor vehicle accident that caused the death of a person or persons

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

  Section 1. The second undesignated paragraph of section 125.14 of  the
penal  law, as amended by chapter 496 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
read as follows:
  If it is established that the  person  operating  such  motor  vehicle
caused  such death or deaths while unlawfully intoxicated or impaired by
the use of alcohol or a drug, or by the combined influence of  drugs  or
of  alcohol  and  any  drug  or  drugs, then there shall be a rebuttable
presumption that, as a result of such intoxication or impairment by  the
use  of  alcohol  or a drug, or by the combined influence of drugs or of
alcohol and any drug or drugs, such person operated the motor vehicle in
a manner that caused such death or deaths, as required by  this  section
and  section  125.12 of this article. IF THE PERSON OPERATING SUCH MOTOR
VEHICLE LEAVES THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT  THAT  RESULTED  IN  THE  DEATH
DESCRIBED  IN  THIS  ARTICLE IN THE MANNER DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
SECTION SIX HUNDRED OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, THEN HE  OR  SHE  IS
PRESUMED  TO HAVE BEEN OPERATING THE MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE SUCH PERSON HAS
.18 OF ONE PER CENTUM OR MORE BY WEIGHT  OF  ALCOHOL  IN  SUCH  PERSON'S
BLOOD  AS  SHOWN  BY  CHEMICAL  ANALYSIS OF SUCH PERSON'S BLOOD, BREATH,
URINE OR SALIVA MADE  PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN
HUNDRED  NINETY-FOUR OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AT THE TIME OF SUCH
ACCIDENT.
  S 2. The second undesignated paragraph  of  section  120.04-a  of  the
penal  law, as amended by chapter 496 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09596-01-3

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