Assembly Bill A483

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that a person is guilty of vehicular homicide when such person causes the death of another person by operation of a motor vehicle

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A483 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6934
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1212-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3894
2013-2014: A4076, S380
2015-2016: A2947
2017-2018: A4594

2011-A483 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a person is guilty of vehicular homicide when such person causes the death of another person by operation of a motor vehicle when such death was caused committing a major traffic violation and such person was previously convicted of two or more major traffic violations or such person's license was revoked.

2011-A483 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   483

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. LENTOL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CANES-
  TRARI, ENGLEBRIGHT, HOYT, PAULIN, SWEENEY, TOWNS, WEISENBERG  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to determining
  when a person is guilty of vehicular homicide

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

  Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 1212-a to read as follows:
  S 1212-A. VEHICULAR HOMICIDE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
WHEN HE OR SHE CAUSES THE DEATH OF ANOTHER  PERSON  BY  OPERATION  OF  A
MOTOR  VEHICLE  WHEN  SUCH  DEATH WAS CAUSED BY SUCH PERSON COMMITTING A
MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION; AND
  (A) SUCH PERSON HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF  TWO  OR  MORE  MAJOR
TRAFFIC  VIOLATIONS  ON AT LEAST TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN THE IMME-
DIATELY PRECEDING EIGHTEEN MONTHS; OR
  (B) AT THE TIME SUCH PERSON IS OPERATING SUCH MOTOR  VEHICLE,  HIS  OR
HER  LICENSE  IS  REVOKED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH A OF
SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND  SUCH
PERSON  KNOWS  OR HAS REASON TO KNOW THAT HIS OR HER LICENSE HAS BEEN SO
REVOKED.
  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION" SHALL
MEAN THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF  ANY  ONE  OF  THE
FOLLOWING  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER: SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIX
HUNDRED, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  SEVENTY,
SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO, SECTION ELEVEN
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR, SUBDIVISIONS (A), (B), (C), (D) AND (F) OF SECTION
ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY PROVIDED THAT THE  VIOLATION  INVOLVED  TWENTY  OR
MORE  MILES  PER HOUR OVER THE ESTABLISHED LIMIT, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
EIGHTY-TWO, AND SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE. THE TERM  "MAJOR  TRAFFIC

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

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