Assembly Bill A9584

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9584

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 9, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
  the penalties for driving with a suspended or revoked license

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1, paragraph (b) of subdivi-
sion 2 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 511 of the  vehicle
and  traffic  law,  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 1 and paragraph (b) of
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 607 of the laws of  1993  and  para-
graph (b) of subdivision 3 as separately amended by chapters 786 and 892
of the laws of 1990, are amended to read as follows:
  (b)  Aggravated  unlicensed  operation of a motor vehicle in the third
degree is a misdemeanor. When a person is convicted of this offense, the
sentence of the court must be: (i) a fine of not less  than  [two]  FIVE
hundred  dollars  nor  more than [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars; or
(ii) a term of imprisonment of not more than thirty days; or (iii)  both
such fine and imprisonment.
  (b)  Aggravated  unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second
degree is a misdemeanor. When a person is convicted of this crime  under
subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the sentence of
the court must be: (i) a fine of not less than [five hundred] ONE  THOU-
SAND  dollars[;  and] NOR MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND/OR (ii) a
term of imprisonment not to exceed one hundred  eighty  days;  or  (iii)
where appropriate 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 and  consistent  with
this  section.  When  a person is convicted of this crime under subpara-
graph (ii), (iii) or (iv) of paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision,  the
sentence  of the court must be: (i) a fine of not less than five hundred
dollars nor more than one thousand dollars; and (ii) a term of imprison-
ment of not less than seven days nor more than one hundred eighty  days,
or (iii) where appropriate a sentence of probation as provided in subdi-
vision  six  of this section; or (iv) a term of imprisonment as a condi-

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

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tion of a sentence of  probation  as  provided  in  the  penal  law  and
consistent with this section.
  (b)  Aggravated  unlicensed  operation of a motor vehicle in the first
degree is a class E 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]  ONE  THOUSAND dollars nor more than [five] TEN thousand
dollars; and (ii) a term of imprisonment [as provided in the penal law,]
NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR AND NOT TO EXCEED  FOUR  YEARS;  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 immediately.