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                                  4638

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
  penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting

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

  Section  1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by chapter  49  of  the  laws  of  2005,  is
amended to read as follows:
  c.  A  violation  of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision
resulting solely from the failure of an operator to exhibit his  or  her
license  and  insurance  identification card for the vehicle or exchange
the information required in such paragraph shall constitute  a  class  B
misdemeanor  punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty nor
more than five hundred  dollars  in  addition  to  any  other  penalties
provided  by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a class
A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less  than  five  hundred  nor
more  than  one  thousand  dollars  in  addition  to any other penalties
provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of  this
subdivision,  other  than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit
his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle or
exchange the information required in such paragraph, shall constitute  a
class  [A  misdemeanor]  E FELONY, punishable by a fine of not less than
[five hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars nor more  than  [one]  TWO  thousand
FIVE HUNDRED dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.
Any such violation committed by a person after such person has previous-
ly  been  convicted  of  such a violation shall constitute a class [E] D
felony, punishable by a fine of not less than  [one]  TWO  thousand  nor
more  than [two] FIVE thousand [five hundred] dollars in addition to any
other penalties provided by law. Any  violation  of  the  provisions  of
paragraph  a  of this subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06456-01-5

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operator to exhibit his or her license and insurance identification card
for such vehicle or exchange the information required in such paragraph,
where the personal injury involved (i) results in serious physical inju-
ry,  as  defined  in  section 10.00 of the penal law, shall constitute a
class E felony, punishable by a fine of not less than one  thousand  nor
more  than  five  thousand  dollars  in  addition to any other penalties
provided by law, or (ii) results in death shall  constitute  a  class  D
felony  punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand nor more than
five thousand dollars in addition to any  other  penalties  provided  by
law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.