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Assembly Bill A326

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases penalties and requires imprisonment for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting; presumption of avoiding prosecution for DUI

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2009-A326 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2222
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§600 & 602, add §600-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S317
2013-2014: S562
2015-2016: S130
2017-2018: S4946

2009-A326 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases penalties and requires imprisonment for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting; creates a presumption of avoiding prosecution for DUI when leaving the scene of an incident without reporting within four hours of consuming an alcoholic beverage.

2009-A326 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A326 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   326

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PERALTA, THIELE, GALEF, WALKER, CLARK -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, AUBRY, BARRA, BENJAMIN, DIAZ, ERRIGO,
  JOHN, McDONOUGH, MILLER, SEMINERIO, WRIGHT -- read once  and  referred
  to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
  penalties and requiring imprisonment for leaving the scene of an inci-
  dent without reporting

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

  Section  1.  Section 600 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 49 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  S 600. Leaving scene of an incident  without  reporting.  1.  Property
damage.  a.  Any person operating a motor vehicle who, knowing or having
cause to know that damage has been caused to the real property or to the
personal property, not including animals, of another, due to an incident
involving the motor vehicle operated by such person shall, before  leav-
ing  the  place  where  the  damage  occurred,  stop, exhibit his or her
license and insurance identification card for such  vehicle,  when  such
card is required pursuant to articles six and eight of this chapter, and
give  his or her name, residence, including street and number, insurance
carrier and  insurance  identification  information  including  but  not
limited to the number and effective dates of said individual's insurance
policy,  and  license  number  to the party sustaining the damage, or in
case the person sustaining the damage is not present at the place  where
the  damage  occurred  then  he  or she shall report the same as soon as
physically able to the nearest police station, or judicial officer.
  b. It shall be the duty of any member of a law enforcement agency  who
is  at the scene of the [accident] INCIDENT to request the said operator
or operators of the motor vehicles, when physically capable of doing so,
to exchange the information required [hereinabove]  IN  PARAGRAPH  A  OF

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

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