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Assembly Bill A3873

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts Michelle and Jordan's law relating to the penalties for a second conviction of participating in an unlawful speed contest or race

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2013-A3873 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2455
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1182, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8438, S3007
2011-2012: A5276, S2938
2015-2016: A2809, S3732
2017-2018: A6452, S6302
2019-2020: S1754
2021-2022: S4926
2023-2024: S4217
2025-2026: S5879

2013-A3873 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts Michelle and Jordan's law relating to the penalties for a second conviction of participating in an unlawful speed contest or race.

2013-A3873 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3873

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. TITONE, ABBATE, GABRYSZAK, PAULIN, McDONOUGH,
  RAIA, GALEF, CASTRO, COLTON, MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
  BOYLAND,  CERETTO,  CROUCH, FINCH, GUNTHER, HOOPER, McKEVITT, SWEENEY,
  TITUS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans-
  portation

AN ACT to enact "Michelle and Jordan's law"; and to  amend  the  vehicle
  and traffic law, in relation to speed contests and races

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
"Michelle and Jordan's law".
  S  2. Subdivision 2 of section 1182 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by section 9 of part C of chapter 62 of the  laws  of  2003,  is
amended to read as follows:
  2.  A  second  conviction  within twelve months of a violation of this
section SHALL CONSTITUTE A CLASS E FELONY AND  shall  be  punishable  by
imprisonment of [not more than six months] UP TO ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY or
a  fine  of not less than five hundred twenty-five dollars nor more than
seven hundred fifty dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately  the  commissioner  of
motor  vehicles  may add, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation neces-
sary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03928-01-3

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