Assembly Bill A3255

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A3255 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §511, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5831
2011-2012: A7556
2013-2014: A5776
2017-2018: A3362

2015-A3255 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a person who has in effect three or more suspensions or revocations of his or her driver's license imposed on at least three separate dates shall be presumed to know that such license was suspended or revoked, for purposes of culpability for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

2015-A3255 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3255

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. McKEVITT, GRAF, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. HAWLEY, STEC -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to aggravated
  unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 511 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 173 of the laws of  1990,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (a)  A person is guilty of the offense of aggravated unlicensed opera-
tion of a motor vehicle in the third degree when such person operates  a
motor  vehicle  upon  a public highway while knowing or having reason to
know that such person's license or privilege  of  operating  such  motor
vehicle  in  this  state  or privilege of obtaining a license to operate
such motor vehicle issued by the commissioner is suspended,  revoked  or
otherwise withdrawn by the commissioner.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARA-
GRAPH, A PERSON WHO HAS IN EFFECT THREE OR MORE SUSPENSIONS AND/OR REVO-
CATIONS  OF  SUCH  PERSON'S  LICENSE, IMPOSED ON AT LEAST THREE SEPARATE
DATES, SHALL BE PRESUMED TO KNOW THAT  SUCH  LICENSE  WAS  SUSPENDED  OR
REVOKED.
  S  2.  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.
                                                           LBD08277-01-5

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