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Senate Bill S2240

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Makes provisions regarding aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree

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2011-S2240 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง511, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S214

2011-S2240 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Elevates the crime of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree from an E felony to a D felony.

2011-S2240 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2240 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2240

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  penalties
  for  aggravated  unlicensed  operation of a motor vehicle in the first
  degree

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 511 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 786  and  892  of
the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
  (b)  Aggravated  unlicensed  operation of a motor vehicle in the first
degree is a class [E] D felony. When  a  person  is  convicted  of  this
crime,  the  sentence  of the court must be: (i) a fine in an amount not
less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars;  and
(ii) a term of imprisonment as provided in the penal law, or (iii) where
appropriate and a term of imprisonment is not required by the penal law,
a  sentence of probation as provided in subdivision six of this section,
or (iv) a term of imprisonment as a condition of a sentence of probation
as provided in the penal law.
  S 2.   This act shall take  effect  on  the  first  of  November  next
succeeding 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.
                                                           LBD07405-01-1

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