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Senate Bill S6202

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed police officer of the New York city taxi and limousine commission

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2017-S6202 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §19-506, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5723
2019-2020: S2588
2021-2022: S4572
2023-2024: S3083
2025-2026: S7348

2017-S6202 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed police officer of the New York city taxi and limousine commission.

2017-S6202 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6202 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6202
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed officer of
   the New York city taxi and limousine commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 19-506 of the administrative code
 of the city of New York, as added by chapter 9 of the laws of  2012,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   l.  A  person  is  guilty of [unlawful] UNLAWFULLY fleeing [a New York
 city taxi and limousine] AN enforcement officer OF THE COMMISSION  or  A
 police  officer when, knowing that he or she has been directed to remain
 stopped by [a New York city taxi and limousine] AN  enforcement  officer
 OF  THE COMMISSION or A police officer, the driver of a vehicle [operat-
 ing pursuant to a HAIL license who is stopped in a zone where he or  she
 is  not  permitted  to  pick up street hails] LICENSED BY THE COMMISSION
 thereafter attempts to flee such officer ON FOOT OR by setting the vehi-
 cle in motion and either [travels] TRAVELLING over  three  hundred  feet
 without  stopping or [engages] ENGAGING in conduct constituting reckless
 driving as defined in section twelve hundred twelve of the  vehicle  and
 traffic  law.  [Unlawful]  UNLAWFULLY  fleeing [a New York city taxi and
 limousine] AN enforcement officer OF THE COMMISSION or A police  officer
 is  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by a fine of not less than seven hundred
 fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment  of
 not  more  than  ninety  days  or  by  both  such fine and imprisonment.
 Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law,  any  charge  alleging  a
 violation  of this subdivision shall be returnable before a court having
 jurisdiction over misdemeanors.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02581-01-7

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