Senate Bill S2592

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to certain crimes related to the operation of a motor vehicle; repealer

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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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2021-S2592 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§270.40 & 270.45, amd §§125.13, 70.02, 120.03, 120.04 & 120.04-a, Pen L; rpld §511 sub 3 ¶(a) sub¶¶ (iii) & (iv), §1193 sub 2 ¶(b) sub¶ 12 cls (b) - (e), amd §§1193, 1194 & 511, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7049
2015-2016: S4582
2017-2018: S3031
2019-2020: S161

2021-S2592 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certain crimes related to the operation of a motor vehicle; establishes the crimes of persistent aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and persistent driving while intoxicated or while ability impaired by drugs.

2021-S2592 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2592
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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 establishing the crimes of
   persistent aggravated unlicensed operation  of  a  motor  vehicle  and
   persistent  driving  while  intoxicated  or  while ability impaired by
   drugs, to increase the felony class of certain crimes related  to  the
   operation of a motor vehicle; to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
   relation  to  certain civil penalties and aggravated unlicensed opera-
   tion of a motor vehicle; and to repeal certain provisions of the vehi-
   cle and traffic law relating thereto
 
   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 a new section 270.40 to
 read as follows:
 § 270.40 PERSISTENT AGGRAVATED UNLICENSED OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
   A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE OF PERSISTENT AGGRAVATED UNLICENSED
 OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN SUCH PERSON: (1) COMMITS  THE  OFFENSE
 OF  AGGRAVATED  UNLICENSED  OPERATION  OF  A  MOTOR VEHICLE IN THE THIRD
 DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED  ELEVEN  OF
 THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW;  AND IS OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE
 UNDER PERMANENT REVOCATION AS SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH TWELVE OF  PARA-
 GRAPH  (B)  OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF
 THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; OR (2) OPERATES  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  UPON  A
 PUBLIC  HIGHWAY  WHILE  HOLDING A CONDITIONAL LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  NINETY-SIX
 OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR A
 DRUG IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO, TWO-A, THREE, FOUR, FOUR-A OR
 FIVE  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC
 LAW.
   PERSISTENT AGGRAVATED UNLICENSED OPERATION OF A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  IS  A
 CLASS D FELONY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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