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3570--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 29, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, ARROYO, PICHARDO, THIELE, MAGNARELLI,
McDONOUGH, RAIA, MONTESANO, COOK, WILLIAMS, TAYLOR, SEAWRIGHT, SANTA-
BARBARA, CROUCH, RIVERA, LAWRENCE, DICKENS, GUNTHER, B. MILLER,
WRIGHT, GALEF, DAVILA, PALUMBO, D'URSO, ORTIZ, GRIFFIN, REYES, GOTT-
FRIED, JAFFEE, CRUZ, GIGLIO, NORRIS, DeSTEFANO, WALCZYK, FRONTUS,
WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, HYNDMAN, MIKULIN,
WALSH -- 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 increasing
penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph c of 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:
c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision
resulting solely from the failure of an operator to exhibit his or her
license and insurance identification card for the vehicle or exchange
the information required in such paragraph shall constitute a class B
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty nor
more than five hundred dollars in addition to any other penalties
provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a class
A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred nor
more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties
provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this
subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit
his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle or
exchange the information required in such paragraph, shall constitute a
class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than [five
hundred] SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY dollars nor more than one thousand dollars
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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in addition to any other penalties provided by law. Any such violation
committed by a person after such person has previously been convicted of
such a violation shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine
of not less than one thousand nor more than [two] THREE thousand [five
hundred] dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law. Any
violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision, other
than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit his or her license
and insurance identification card for such vehicle or exchange the
information required in such paragraph, where the personal injury
involved (i) results in serious physical injury, as defined in section
10.00 of the penal law, shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by
a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars
in addition to any other penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in
death shall constitute a class D felony punishable by a fine of not less
than two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars in addition to any
other penalties provided by law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.