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Senate Bill S2634

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to leaving the scene of an incident causing personal injury to another person without reporting

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2009-S2634 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง600, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2191

2009-S2634 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows prosecutors to prosecute any person operating a motor vehicle who causes personal injury to another person who fail to report such incident.

2009-S2634 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2634 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2634

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. PADAVAN, LARKIN, MORAHAN -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
  portation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to leaving the
  scene of an incident causing personal injury to another person without
  reporting

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

  Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 600 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by chapter  49  of  the  laws  of  2005,  is
amended to read as follows:
  a.  Any person operating a motor vehicle who, [knowing or having cause
to know that personal injury has been caused to another person,] due  to
an  incident involving the motor vehicle operated by such person, CAUSED
PERSONAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON shall, before leaving the place  where
the  said personal injury 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 street  number,  insur-
ance  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 injured party, if practical, and  also
to  a  police  officer, or in the event that no police officer is in the
vicinity of the place of said injury, then, he or she shall report  said
incident  as  soon  as  physically able to the nearest police station or
judicial officer.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01907-01-9

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