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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to transportation |
Aug 12, 2009 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6125
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(R, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2009-S6125 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1193, V & T L; amd §§125.14 & 120.04-a, Pen L
2009-S6125 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6125 REVISED 08/18/09 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the penal law, in relation to the operation of a motor vehicle while driving while impaired in certain circumstances and increasing the penalties therefor PURPOSE : To amend the vehicle and traffic law and the penal law, in relation to the operation of a motor vehicle while driving while impaired with, causing serious injury to, or causing the death of a person under the age of sixteen years and increasing the penalties therefor SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Amends section 1193 of the vehicle and traffic law providing for a person who operates a vehicle while under the influence with a passenger under the age of sixteen would be guilty of a class E felony punishable by a fine of up to five thousand dollars and or a period of imprisonment of up to four years. Section 2: Amends section 125.14 of the penal law by adding new subsection 7 to provide that a person who causes the death of a person under the age of sixteen be charged with the crime of aggravated vehicular homicide and increases the penalty from a class B felony to
2009-S6125 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6125 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E August 12, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the penal law, in relation to the operation of a motor vehicle while driving while impaired in certain circumstances and increasing the penalties there- for THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 1193 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 345 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: (i) A person who operates a vehicle in violation of subdivision two, two-a, three, four or four-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article [after having] AND EITHER (A) HAS ANY PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN; OR (B) HAS been convicted of a violation of subdivision two, two-a, three, four or four-a of such section or of vehicular assault in the second or first degree, as defined, respectively, in sections 120.03 and 120.04 and aggravated vehicular assault as defined in section 120.04-a of the penal law or of vehicular manslaughter in the second or first degree, as defined, respectively, in sections 125.12 and 125.13 and aggravated vehicular homicide as defined in section 125.14 of such law, within the preceding ten years, shall be guilty of a class E felony, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or by a period of imprisonment as provided in the penal law, or by both such fine and imprisonment. S 2. Section 125.14 of the penal law, as added by chapter 345 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: S 125.14 Aggravated vehicular homicide. A person is guilty of aggravated vehicular homicide when he or she engages in reckless driving as defined by section twelve hundred twelve EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14624-03-9
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