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Assembly Bill A891

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the suspension of a driver's license when holder of such license is convicted for theft of motor fuel

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2009-A891 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §510, V & T L; add §60.21, Pen L

2009-A891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a suspension of a driver's license when holder of such license is convicted for theft of motor fuel; provides that subsequent convictions of the same offense shall result in a suspension of such license for one year.

2009-A891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   891

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BARCLAY,  BURLING,  CROUCH,  FINCH, OAKS, SAYWARD, THIELE, TOWNSEND --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and  traffic  law  and  the  penal  law,  in
  relation to suspension of a driver's license for theft of motor fuel

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that the
incidence of motorists filling  their  tanks  and  driving  off  without
paying  poses  a danger to other motorists and subjects the retailers to
thousands of dollars a year in lost revenues.  The  legislature  further
finds  that  the increased penalties for such thefts will provide neces-
sary deterrents to such conduct.
  S 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of  the  vehicle  and
traffic  law  is  amended  by adding a new subparagraph (xvi) to read as
follows:
  (XVI) FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WHERE THE HOLDER IS CONVICTED OF  THEFT
OF MOTOR FUEL PURSUANT TO SECTION 155.25 OF THE PENAL LAW.
  S 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 60.21 to read as
follows:
S 60.21 AUTHORIZED DISPOSITIONS; PETIT LARCENY.
  1.  WHEN  A  PERSON  IS  CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
155.25 OF THIS CHAPTER, AND THE PROPERTY STOLEN CONSISTS IN WHOLE OR  IN
PART  OF  MOTOR FUEL, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY PERMITTED BY LAW,
THE COURT MAY IMPOSE AS A SENTENCE A SUSPENSION OF THE PERSON'S DRIVER'S
LICENSE, AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWENTY OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,
FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO ONE YEAR.
  2. THE COURT OR CLERK THEREOF SHALL, WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE IMPOSITION
OF  A  SENTENCE  OF  SUSPENSION  OF  A DRIVER'S LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01526-01-9

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