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Mar 22, 2012 | referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 30, 2012 | advanced to third reading |
Jan 24, 2012 | 2nd report cal. |
Jan 23, 2012 | 1st report cal.100 |
Jan 04, 2012 | referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 22, 2011 | referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 08, 2011 | advanced to third reading |
Feb 07, 2011 | 2nd report cal. |
Feb 01, 2011 | 1st report cal.63 |
Jan 11, 2011 | referred to codes |
senate Bill S1685
Sponsored By
James L. Seward
(R, C, IP, RFM) 51st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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Tony Avella
(D) 0 Senate District
Martin J. Golden
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Andrew J. Lanza
(R) 24th Senate District
Thomas F. O'Mara
(R, C, IP) 58th Senate District
S1685 (ACTIVE) - Details
S1685 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Creates the crimes of staging a motor vehicle accident in the first, second and third degrees; prohibits acting as a passenger or an operator of a motor vehicle with intent to defraud; by means of planning and execution of an accident; provides crime is a class B felony if an uninvolved party is injured.
S1685 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1685 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to staging a motor vehicle accident PURPOSE: To impose tough criminal penalties on those who engage in staged accidents. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would establish a new crime of staging a motor vehicle accident. A person who operates a motor vehicle and intentionally causes a collision with intent to commit insurance fraud or arranges to have another person intentionally cause such a collision shall be guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the third degree which would be punishable as a class D felony. A person would be guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree, punishable as a class C felony, if he or she commits the offense of staging a motor vehicle accident in the third degree and has been previously convicted of an insurance fraud crime within the preceding five years. A person would be guilty of staging in the first degree, punishable as a class B felony, if a person commits the offense of staging in the third degree and causes serious personal
S1685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1685 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to staging a motor vehicle accident THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Alice's Law". S 2. The penal law is amended by adding three new sections 176.75, 176.80 and 176.85 to read as follows: S 176.75 STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN, WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A FRAUDULENT INSURANCE ACT, HE OR SHE: (1) OPERATES A MOTOR VEHICLE AND INTENTIONALLY CAUSES OR ATTEMPTS TO CAUSE A COLLISION INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE; OR (2) SOLICITS, REQUESTS, COMMANDS, IMPORTUNES OR OTHERWISE ATTEMPTS TO CAUSE ANOTHER PERSON TO INTENTIONALLY CAUSE A COLLISION INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE. STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS D FELONY. S 176.80 STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE, AND HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED WITHIN THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS OF ANY CRIME DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE. STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS C FELONY. S 176.85 STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05841-01-1
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