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                                  7785

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to leaving the
  scene of an incident 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, punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred
dollars nor more than one thousand dollars  in  addition  to  any  other
penalties  provided  by  law.  Any  such violation committed by a person
after such person has previously been  convicted  of  such  a  violation
shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of not less than
one thousand nor more than two 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  operator  to exhibit his or her license and insurance identification

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05340-01-5

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card for such vehicle or exchange the information required in such para-
graph, where the personal injury involved (i) results in  serious  phys-
ical injury, as defined in section 10.00 of the penal law, shall consti-
tute  a  class  [E]  D 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] C 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 one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.