S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5407
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 11, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, LUPARDO, STECK, HUNTER, KOLB, HAWLEY,
DiPIETRO, STIRPE, BLANKENBUSH, BYRNES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. BARCLAY, GIGLIO, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the penalty
for a moving violation which results in the serious bodily injury or
death of another person
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
(I) EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION FOR A VIOLATION OF
ANY ORDINANCE, ORDER, RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO TITLE SEVEN
OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH INVOLVES A MOVING VIOLATION WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE,
WHERE SUCH VIOLATION RESULTS IN THE SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH OF
ANOTHER PERSON, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, WHICH SHALL BE PUNISH-
ABLE BY A FINE OF NO LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR IMPRISONMENT OF
NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT, AND THE
COMPLETION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT PREVENTION COURSE, AS DEFINED BY
ARTICLE TWELVE-B OF THIS CHAPTER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07114-01-9