Assembly Bill A9756

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9756

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 20, 2014
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to  amending  the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed
  officer of the New York city taxi and limousine commission

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  1  of  subdivision  e of section 19-506 of the
administrative code of the city of New  York,  as  added  by  local  law
number  32 of the city of New York for the year 2012, is amended to read
as follows:
  (1) In addition to or as an alternative to the penalties provided  for
the  violation of the provisions of paragraph one of subdivision b [or],
subdivision d, OR SUBDIVISION L of this section, any  person  who  shall
violate  such provisions shall, for the first violation, be liable for a
civil penalty of one thousand five hundred dollars, and for  the  second
violation committed within a [thirty six] THIRTY-SIX month period, for a
civil penalty of two thousand dollars.
  S 2. Subdivision l of section 19-506 of the administrative code of the
city  of New York, as added by chapter 9 of the laws of 2012, is amended
to read as follows:
  l. A person is guilty of [unlawful] UNLAWFULLY  fleeing  [a  New  York
city  taxi  and limousine] AN enforcement officer OF THE COMMISSION or A
police officer when, knowing that he or she has been directed to  remain
stopped  by  [a New York city taxi and limousine] AN enforcement officer
OF THE COMMISSION or A police officer, the driver of a vehicle  [operat-
ing  pursuant to a HAIL license who is stopped in a zone where he or she
is not permitted to pick up street hails]  LICENSED  BY  THE  COMMISSION
thereafter attempts to flee such officer ON FOOT OR by setting the vehi-
cle  in  motion  and either [travels] TRAVELLING over three hundred feet
without stopping or [engages] ENGAGING in conduct constituting  reckless
driving  as  defined in section twelve hundred twelve of the vehicle and
traffic law. [Unlawful] UNLAWFULLY fleeing [a New  York  city  taxi  and
limousine]  AN enforcement officer OF THE COMMISSION or A police officer

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

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is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less  than  [seven  hundred
fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars nor more than [one] TEN thousand dollars, or
by  imprisonment of not more than [ninety] ONE HUNDRED TWENTY days or by
both such fine and imprisonment.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision
of  law,  any  charge  alleging a violation of this subdivision shall be
returnable before a court having jurisdiction over misdemeanors.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.