Senate Bill S421

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to crime of staging a motor vehicle accident

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2017-S421 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§176.75, 176.80 & 176.85, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6450
2011-2012: S1685
2013-2014: S3547
2015-2016: S3511

2017-S421 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the crimes of staging a motor vehicle accident in the first, second and third degrees; prohibits acting as a passenger or an operator of a motor vehicle with intent to defraud by means of planning and execution of an accident; provides crime is a class B felony if an uninvolved party is injured.

2017-S421 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S421 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    421
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD,  AVELLA, O'MARA -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to staging  a  motor  vehicle
   accident

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Alice's Law".
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding  three  new  sections  176.75,
 176.80 and 176.85 to read as follows:
 § 176.75 STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE THIRD
 DEGREE WHEN, WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A FRAUDULENT  INSURANCE  ACT,  HE  OR
 SHE:
   (1)  OPERATES  A MOTOR VEHICLE AND INTENTIONALLY CAUSES OR ATTEMPTS TO
 CAUSE A COLLISION INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE; OR
   (2) SOLICITS, REQUESTS, COMMANDS, IMPORTUNES OR OTHERWISE ATTEMPTS  TO
 CAUSE  ANOTHER  PERSON  TO  INTENTIONALLY  CAUSE A COLLISION INVOLVING A
 MOTOR VEHICLE.
   STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE THIRD  DEGREE  IS  A  CLASS  D
 FELONY.
 § 176.80 STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
   A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE SECOND
 DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF  STAGING  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE
 ACCIDENT  IN  THE THIRD DEGREE, AND HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED WITHIN
 THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS OF ANY CRIME DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE.
   STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE  IS  A  CLASS  C
 FELONY.
 § 176.85 STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF STAGING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE FIRST
 DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF  STAGING  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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