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Assembly Bill A9291A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the penalty for a moving violation which results in the serious bodily injury or death of another person

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2015-A9291 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6748
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1800, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6562, S1670
2019-2020: A5407, S2509

2015-A9291 - Summary

Provides a minimum penalty of $300 for a moving violation which results in the serious bodily injury or death of another person.

2015-A9291 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 6748                                                  A. 9291

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 16, 2016
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- 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 the  penalty
  for  a  moving violation which results in the serious bodily injury or
  death of another person

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

  Section  1.  Section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
  (I) EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION FOR A VIOLATION  OF
ANY ORDINANCE, ORDER, RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO TITLE SEVEN
OF  THIS CHAPTER WHICH INVOLVES A MOVING VIOLATION WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE,
WHERE SUCH VIOLATION RESULTS IN THE SERIOUS BODILY INJURY  OR  DEATH  OF
ANOTHER  PERSON,  SHALL  BE  PUNISHABLE  BY A FINE OF NO LESS THAN THREE
HUNDRED DOLLARS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14060-01-6

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2015-A9291A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6748
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1800, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6562, S1670
2019-2020: A5407, S2509

2015-A9291A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a minimum penalty of $300 for a moving violation which results in the serious bodily injury or death of another person.

2015-A9291A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 6748--A                                            A. 9291--A

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 16, 2016
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. FUNKE, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
  portation  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, NOJAY  --  read  once  and
  referred  to  the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the penalty
  for a moving violation which results in the serious bodily  injury  or
  death of another person

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

  Section 1. Section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
  (I)  EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION FOR A VIOLATION OF
ANY ORDINANCE, ORDER, RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO TITLE SEVEN
OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH INVOLVES A MOVING VIOLATION WITH A MOTOR  VEHICLE,
WHERE  SUCH  VIOLATION  RESULTS IN THE SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH OF
ANOTHER PERSON, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, WHICH SHALL BE PUNISH-
ABLE BY A FINE OF NO LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR IMPRISONMENT OF
NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BOTH SUCH FINE AND  IMPRISONMENT,  AND  THE
COMPLETION  OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT PREVENTION COURSE, AS DEFINED BY
ARTICLE TWELVE-B OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14060-03-6

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