Assembly Bill A10288

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  10288

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 20, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to accidents
  and accident reports

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

  Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 600-a to read as follows:
  S 600-A. AGGRAVATED LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN INCIDENT  WITHOUT  REPORT-
ING.  1.  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN INCI-
DENT WITHOUT REPORTING WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME OF  LEAVING  THE
SCENE  OF  AN INCIDENT WITHOUT REPORTING, IN VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH A OF
SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED OF THIS  ARTICLE  (OTHER  THAN  A
VIOLATION RESULTING SOLELY FROM THE FAILURE OF THE PERSON TO EXHIBIT HIS
OR  HER  LICENSE  AND  INSURANCE  CARD  FOR SUCH VEHICLE OR EXCHANGE THE
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SUCH PARAGRAPH), AND EITHER:
  A. SUCH INCIDENT RESULTED FROM SUCH  PERSON'S  OPERATION  OF  A  MOTOR
VEHICLE  IN  VIOLATION OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS CHAPTER,
OR
  B. SUCH PERSON COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION OF A  MOTOR
VEHICLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINE OF THIS
CHAPTER  OR  COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF AGGRAVATED UNLICENSED OPERATION OF A
MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUANT TO  ANY  OF  THE  SUBDIVISIONS  OF  SECTION  FIVE
HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER, OR
  C. THE OPERATOR FAILS TO EITHER RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT OR
REPORT  TO  A POLICE STATION ON THE OPERATOR'S OWN VOLITION WITHIN SIXTY
MINUTES OF THE INCIDENT FOR SUBMISSION TO A CHEMICAL TEST AT THE REQUEST
OF A POLICE OFFICER, OR
  D. HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN  CONVICTED  OF  VIOLATING  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
SECTION  SIX HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF  THIS  CHAPTER  WITHIN  THE  PRECEDING  TEN
YEARS, PROVIDED THAT, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A CONVICTION
IN ANY OTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION FOR AN OFFENSE WHICH, IF COMMITTED IN
THIS  STATE,  WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION

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

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A. 10288                            2

SIX HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE OR SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS
CHAPTER SHALL BE TREATED AS A VIOLATION OF SUCH SECTION.
  2.  A  VIOLATION  OF  THIS  SECTION WHERE THE PERSONAL INJURY INVOLVED
RESULTS IN SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 10.00  OF  THE
PENAL  LAW,  SHALL  CONSTITUTE A CLASS D FELONY, PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF
NOT LESS THAN TWO THOUSAND NOR MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN  ADDI-
TION TO ANY OTHER PENALTIES PROVIDED BY LAW.
  3.  A  VIOLATION  OF  THIS  SECTION WHERE THE PERSONAL INJURY INVOLVED
RESULTS IN DEATH SHALL CONSTITUTE A CLASS C FELONY, PUNISHABLE BY A FINE
OF NOT LESS THAN TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR  MORE  THAN  FIVE
THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY  OTHER PENALTIES
PROVIDED BY LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of March next  succeeding
the  date  on  which  it  shall  have  become  a  law and shall apply to
violations occurring on and after such date.