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I N A S S E M B L Y
June 17, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Frontus) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
an affirmative duty for individuals to assist injured persons in a
motor vehicle collision
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 "Jeanne's law".
§ 2. Subdivision 2 of section 600 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by section 4 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Personal injury. a. Any person operating a motor vehicle who, know-
ing or having cause to know that personal injury has been caused to
another person, due to an incident involving the motor vehicle operated
by such person shall, before leaving the place where the said personal
injury occurred, stop, exhibit his or her license and insurance iden-
tification card for such vehicle, when such card is required pursuant to
articles six and eight of this chapter, and give his or her name, resi-
dence, including street and street number, insurance carrier and insur-
ance identification information including but not limited to the number
and effective dates of said individual's insurance policy and license
number, to the injured party, if practical, and also to a police offi-
cer, or in the event that no police officer is in the vicinity of the
place of said injury, then, he or she shall report said incident as soon
as physically able to the nearest police station or judicial officer. In
addition to the foregoing, any such person shall also: (i) produce the
proof of insurance coverage required pursuant to article forty-four-B of
this chapter if such person is a TNC driver operating a TNC vehicle at
the time of the incident who was (A) logged on to the TNC's digital
network but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (B) was engaged in
a TNC prearranged trip; and (ii) disclose whether he or she, at the time
such incident occurred, was (A) logged on to the TNC's digital network
but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (B) was engaged in a TNC
prearranged trip. ANY SUCH PERSON OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL ALSO
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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