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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.

                                                           LBD04629-02-9

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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.