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Assembly Bill A756A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Creates the crime of staging a motor vehicle accident

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2013-A756 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§176.15 & 176.80, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6177
2015-2016: A2615
2017-2018: A5073
2019-2020: A3985

2013-A756 - Summary

Creates the crime of staging a motor vehicle accident.

2013-A756 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   756

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE,
  ABINANTI, ARROYO, BARCLAY, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CASTRO,  CERETTO,  CLARK,
  COLTON,  COOK, CROUCH, DINOWITZ, DUPREY, FINCH, GALEF, GIBSON, GIGLIO,
  GOODELL, GRAF, GUNTHER, HAWLEY,  HIKIND,  HOOPER,  LAVINE,  LOSQUADRO,
  MAGEE,  MAISEL, MALLIOTAKIS, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, MONTESA-
  NO, NOLAN, OAKS, PALMESANO, PERRY, RAIA,  RIVERA,  ROBERTS,  ROBINSON,
  SALADINO,   SCARBOROUGH,   SCHIMEL,  SIMANOWITZ,  STEVENSON,  SWEENEY,
  TENNEY, TITONE, TITUS, WALTER, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Codes

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.
                                                           LBD03833-01-3

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2013-A756A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§176.15 & 176.80, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6177
2015-2016: A2615
2017-2018: A5073
2019-2020: A3985

2013-A756A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crime of staging a motor vehicle accident.

2013-A756A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 756--A
                                                        Cal. No. 786

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. WEPRIN, MOSLEY, OTIS, SKARTADOS, WALTER, GRAF,
  CURRAN, BUCHWALD -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ABBATE,  ABINANTI,
  ARROYO, BARCLAY, BRENNAN, CERETTO, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, CROUCH, DINOW-
  ITZ,  DUPREY,  FINCH, GALEF, GIGLIO, GOODELL, GUNTHER, HAWLEY, HIKIND,
  HOOPER, KEARNS, LALOR, LAVINE, LUPINACCI,  MAGEE,  MALLIOTAKIS,  McDO-
  NOUGH, McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO, NOLAN, OAKS, PALMESANO, PERRY,
  RAIA, RIVERA, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, SALADINO, SCARBOROUGH, SCHIMEL, SIMA-
  NOWITZ,  SOLAGES,  SWEENEY,  TENNEY, TITONE, TITUS, WEISENBERG -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on  Codes  --  recommitted  to  the
  Committee  on  Codes  in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
  reported from committee, advanced to  a  third  reading,  amended  and
  ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading

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 two new sections 176.75 and
176.80 to read as follows:
S 176.75 STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN  THE  SECOND
DEGREE  WHEN,  WITH  INTENT TO COMMIT AND IN FURTHERANCE OF A FRAUDULENT
INSURANCE ACT, HE OR SHE OPERATES  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  AND  INTENTIONALLY
CAUSES A COLLISION INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE.
  STAGING  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  ACCIDENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS E
FELONY.
S 176.80 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.

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