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Assembly Bill A6177A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the crime of insurance fraud

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2011-A6177 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §176.15, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A756
2015-2016: A2615
2017-2018: A5073
2019-2020: A3985

2011-A6177 - Summary

Enacts Alice's Law; relates to the crime of insurance fraud with regard to staging accidents.

2011-A6177 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6177

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 8, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred 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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2011-A6177A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §176.15, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A756
2015-2016: A2615
2017-2018: A5073
2019-2020: A3985

2011-A6177A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts Alice's Law; relates to the crime of insurance fraud with regard to staging accidents.

2011-A6177A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6177--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 8, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. WEPRIN, MAISEL, P. RIVERA, REILLY, TITONE, WEIS-
  ENBERG, ROBERTS, COLTON, GALEF,  COOK,  MCKEVITT,  JEFFRIES,  GUNTHER,
  STEVENSON,  CASTRO,  LAVINE,  HOOPER,  SCARBOROUGH,  TITUS,  ROBINSON,
  BOYLAND, SIMANOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ABBATE, ABINAN-
  TI, ARROYO, BARCLAY, BRENNAN, BURLING, CALHOUN, CERETTO, CLARK, CONTE,
  CROUCH, DUPREY, FINCH, GIBSON, GIGLIO, GOODELL, GRAF, HAWLEY,  HIKIND,
  LOSQUADRO, MAGEE, MALLIOTAKIS, McDONOUGH, McENENY, McLAUGHLIN, MONTES-
  ANO,  MURRAY,  NOLAN, OAKS, PALMESANO, PERRY, RAIA, SALADINO, SCHIMEL,
  SWEENEY, TENNEY, TOBACCO, WALTER -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accord-
  ance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to insurance fraud

  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. Section 176.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 515 of the
laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
S 176.15 Insurance fraud in the fourth degree.
  A person is guilty of insurance fraud in the fourth degree when he  OR
SHE commits a fraudulent insurance act and:
  (A)  thereby  wrongfully  takes,  obtains or withholds, or attempts to
wrongfully take, obtain or withhold property with a value in  excess  of
one thousand dollars; OR
  (B)  OPERATES  A MOTOR VEHICLE AND INTENTIONALLY CAUSES OR ATTEMPTS TO
CAUSE A COLLISION INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE.
  Insurance fraud in the fourth degree is a class E felony.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05841-04-2

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