Assembly Actions -
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May 10, 2018 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S8704
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S8704 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S8704 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8704 SPONSOR: KENNEDY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to determining when a person is guilty of aggravated reckless driving in the first or second degree PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Provides that a person is guilty of aggravated reckless driving when such person causes the death or serious physical injury of another person by operation of a motor vehicle. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The Vehicle and Traffic law is amended by adding two new sections 1212-a and 1212-b
2017-S8704 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8704 I N S E N A T E May 10, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to determining when a person is guilty of aggravated reckless driving in the first or second degree THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new sections 1212-a and 1212-b to read as follows: § 1212-A. AGGRAVATED RECKLESS DRIVING IN THE SECOND DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED RECKLESS DRIVING IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE CAUSES THE SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OF ANOTHER PERSON BY OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN SUCH SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY WAS CAUSED BY SUCH PERSON: (A) COMMITTING A MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION; AND (I) SUCH PERSON HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF TWO OR MORE MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS ON AT LEAST TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FIVE YEARS; OR (II) SUCH PERSON HAS ACQUIRED AT LEAST FIFTEEN POINTS ON HIS OR HER DRIVING RECORD WITHIN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TEN YEARS. (B) AT THE TIME SUCH PERSON IS OPERATING SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE, (I) HIS OR HER LICENSE IS REVOKED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND SUCH PERSON KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW THAT HIS OR HER LICENSE HAS BEEN SO REVOKED; OR (II) HE OR SHE IS VIOLATING SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAP- TER AND THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION WAS ISSUED PURSUANT TO A CONVICTION FOR AN OFFENSE BASED ON THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OR PURSUANT TO SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER OR RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE DUE TO AN UNDERLYING OFFENSE THAT WOULD RESULT IN POINTS ON THE DRIVER'S RECORD PURSUANT TO 15 NYCRR 131.3 AND RELATED REGULATIONS. (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION" SHALL MEAN THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF ANY ONE OF EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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