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Assembly Bill A3360

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a motor vehicle accident reconstruction unit and allows the district attorney to assign certain crimes to the designated vehicular crimes prosecutor

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2009-A3360 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §223-a, Exec L; amd §702, County L

2009-A3360 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a motor vehicle collision reconstruction unit within the division of the state police and allows the district attorney to designate either himself or herself, and/or at least one assistant as vehicular crimes prosecutor to conduct prosecutions of certain crimes.

2009-A3360 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3360

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. EDDINGTON, BRADLEY, CAHILL, CUSICK, ENGLEBRIGHT
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing  a  motor
  vehicle collision reconstruction unit; and to amend the county law, in
  relation to allowing the district attorney to designate certain crimes
  to the vehicular crimes prosecutor

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

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  223-a
to read as follows:
  S  223-A. MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION RECONSTRUCTION UNIT. THE SUPERINTEN-
DENT SHALL ESTABLISH A MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION RECONSTRUCTION UNIT WITH-
IN THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE. SUCH  UNIT  SHALL  HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING
DUTIES AND POWERS:
  1.  TO  CONDUCT  MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION RECONSTRUCTIONS AND ASSIST IN
INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS WITHIN  THE  JURISDIC-
TION OF THE DIVISION; AND
  2. TO COOPERATE WITH AND ASSIST DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND OTHER LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT  OFFICIALS  IN  THEIR EFFORTS TO INVESTIGATE AND RECONSTRUCT
MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS. THE UNIT SHALL PROVIDE  SUCH  ASSISTANCE  ONLY
UPON  THE  REQUEST OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
CIALS.
  S 2. Section 702 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion 7 to read as follows:
  7. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHALL DESIGNATE EITHER  HIMSELF  OR  HERSELF,
AND/OR  AT  LEAST  ONE  ASSISTANT  AS  A  VEHICULAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR TO
CONDUCT PROSECUTIONS OF CRIMES COMMITTED PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS  120.03,
120.04, 125.12, AND 125.13 OF THE PENAL LAW AND ANY VIOLATION OF SECTION
FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN OR FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN-A OR TITLE SIX OR TITLE SEVEN
OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW CONSTITUTING A MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04571-01-9

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