NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7298

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2019-S7298 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9605
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §502, V & T L; add Art 126 §§126.00 - 126.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S3534
2023-2024: S6497

2019-S7298 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the vehicular violence accountability act defining vehicular violence and establishing related offenses.

2019-S7298 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7298

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the penal law, in
relation to enacting the "vehicular violence accountability act"

 
PURPOSE:

To strengthen laws regarding vehicular violence, particularly against
pedestrians and bicyclists, to ensure prosecutors have the tools neces-
sary to combat this problem.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 sets the title

Section two amends subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraphs (b)
and (d) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law,
and a new paragraph c-5 is added to create a vehicular violence compo-

nent to the pre-licensing course and test.

Section three creates a new article 126 of the penal law, to define and
enact laws against vehicular violence.

Section 4 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Violence against pedestrians and bicyclists by persons operating vehi-
cles is at an all time high, especially in New York's urban centers.
However, the Right of Way Law is limited to collisions in which a driver
fails to yield to pedestrians or bicyclists with the right of way. This
law does not take into account the nature of how the driver was acting,
including speeding, texting while driving, or other conduct that could
cause injury. (1)

In April of 2019, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance empaneled a Grand
Jury to review recent collisions in Manhattan, and to report recommenda-
tions. The Grand Jury's primary recommendation was to create a new arti-
cle in the law addressing "Vehicular Violence" to enable prosecutors to
go after dangerous drivers that injure or kill a pedestrian, bicyclist,
or other individual. (2)

By enacting this legislation, additional tools to address vehicular
violence will extend statewide, and allow prosecutors to consider aggra-
vating factors such as speeding, texting or talking while driving,
previous vehicular conviction, or incidents that have more than one
moving violation.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall become a law.
(1) https://www.rnanhattanda.org/d-a-vance-nvs-senators-kennedy-and-
hoylman-transportation-alternativesfamiiies
(2) https://wwwananhattanda.orgiwo-content/upioads/2019/10/Dangerou
s-Driving-GI-Report.pdf

2019-S7298 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7298
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, HOYLMAN -- 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  and  the  penal  law,  in
   relation to enacting the "vehicular violence accountability act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "vehicular violence accountability act".
   §  2.  Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraphs (b) and (d) of
 subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as  amended
 by  chapter  513  of  the  laws of 2019, are amended and a new paragraph
 (c-5) is added to read as follows:
   (i) Upon submission of an application  for  a  driver's  license,  the
 applicant  shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
 of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic,  the
 laws  relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
 ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", "Work Zone  Safety"
 awareness  and  "Motorcycle  Safety" awareness as defined by the commis-
 sioner, "School Bus Safety" awareness, THE LAWS  RELATING  TO  VEHICULAR
 VIOLENCE,  the  law  relating  to exercising due care to avoid colliding
 with a parked, stopped  or  standing  authorized  emergency  vehicle  or
 hazard  vehicle  pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
 chapter, the ability to read and comprehend traffic  signs  and  symbols
 and  such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and to satis-
 factorily complete a course prescribed by the commissioner of  not  less
 than  four  hours  and not more than five hours, consisting of classroom
 driver training and highway safety instruction or the equivalent  there-
 of.  Such test shall include at least seven written questions concerning
 the effects of consumption of alcohol or  drugs  on  the  ability  of  a
 person  to  operate  a  motor vehicle and the legal and financial conse-
 quences resulting from violations of section eleven  hundred  ninety-two
 of  this  chapter,  prohibiting  the  operation of a motor vehicle while
 under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such test shall include one  or
 more written questions concerning the devastating effects of "Road Rage"
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14127-03-9

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 on  the ability of a person to operate a motor vehicle and the legal and
 financial consequences resulting from assaulting, threatening or  inter-
 fering with the lawful conduct of another person legally using the road-
 way. Such test shall include one or more questions concerning the poten-
 tial  dangers  to  persons  and  equipment  resulting  from  the  unsafe
 operation of a motor vehicle in a work zone. Such test may  include  one
 or  more  questions  concerning motorcycle safety. Such test may include
 one or more questions concerning the law  for  exercising  due  care  to
 avoid  colliding  with a parked, stopped or standing vehicle pursuant to
 section eleven hundred forty-four-a  of  this  chapter.  Such  test  may
 include  one  or  more questions concerning school bus safety. SUCH TEST
 MAY INCLUDE ONE OR MORE QUESTIONS CONCERNING  VEHICULAR  VIOLENCE.  Such
 test  shall  be administered by the commissioner. The commissioner shall
 cause the applicant to take a vision test and a test  for  color  blind-
 ness.  Upon  passage of the vision test, the application may be accepted
 and the application fee shall be payable.
   (b) Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in  para-
 graph  (a)  of  this subdivision which shall include an alcohol and drug
 education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
 "Road Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of  this
 subdivision and a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described in
 paragraph  (c-2)  of  this  subdivision, a "Motorcycle Safety" awareness
 component as described in paragraph (c-3) of this subdivision,  [and]  a
 "School  Bus Safety" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-4)
 of this subdivision, AND A VEHICULAR  VIOLENCE  AWARENESS  COMPONENT  AS
 DESCRIBED  IN PARAGRAPH (C-5) OF THIS SUBDIVISION the commissioner shall
 cause the applicant to take a road test in a representative vehicle of a
 type prescribed by the commissioner which shall be  appropriate  to  the
 type  of  license for which application is made, except that the commis-
 sioner may waive the road  test  requirements  for  certain  classes  of
 applicants. The commissioner shall have the power to establish a program
 to  allow persons other than employees of the department to conduct road
 tests in representative vehicles when such tests are required for appli-
 cants to obtain a class A, B or C license. If she chooses to do so,  she
 shall  set  forth her reasons in writing and conduct a public hearing on
 the matter.  She shall only establish such a program after  holding  the
 public hearing.
   (C-5)  VEHICULAR  VIOLENCE  AWARENESS  COMPONENT. (I) THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL PROVIDE IN THE PRE-LICENSING COURSE, SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, A MANDATORY COMPONENT IN VEHICULAR VIOLENCE  AWARENESS
 EDUCATION  AS A  PREREQUISITE FOR OBTAINING A LICENSE TO OPERATE A MOTOR
 VEHICLE. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPONENT IS TO EDUCATE  PROSPECTIVE  LICEN-
 SEES  ON  THE DANGERS OF COMMITTING A VEHICULAR CRIME THAT CAUSES INJURY
 OR DEATH TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
   (II) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CURRICULUM FOR  THE  VEHICULAR
 VIOLENCE    AWARENESS  COMPONENT  WHICH  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, AN OVERVIEW OF LAWS GOVERNING CONDUCT COMMITTED WHILE  OPER-
 ATING A MOTORIZED VEHICLE THAT CAUSES INJURY OR DEATH TO ANOTHER PERSON,
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO AN EXPLANATION OF THE LAWS CONTAINED IN
 ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THE PENAL LAW.
   (III) IN DEVELOPING SUCH CURRICULUM, THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CONSULT
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION.
   (d) The commissioner shall make available for distribution upon regis-
 tration  at  each location where the pre-licensing course will be given,
 instructional handbooks outlining the content of the  entire  curriculum
 of  the  pre-licensing  course  including the information required to be

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 included in the course pursuant to paragraphs (c), (c-1),  (c-2),  (c-3)
 [and],  (c-4) AND (C-5) of this subdivision. The commissioner shall also
 provide for the additional training of the instructors necessary for the
 competent  instruction  of  the  alcohol and drug education, "Road Rage"
 awareness, "Work Zone Safety" awareness, "Motorcycle  Safety"  awareness
 [and],  "School  Bus  Safety" awareness AND VEHICULAR VIOLENCE AWARENESS
 subject matters of the pre-licensing course.
   § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new article 126 to  read  as
 follows:
                                ARTICLE 126
                            VEHICULAR VIOLENCE
 SECTION 126.00 VEHICULAR VIOLENCE DEFINED.
         126.05 SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE.
         126.10 AGGRAVATED SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE.
         126.15 DEATH BY VEHICLE.
         126.20 AGGRAVATED DEATH BY VEHICLE.
 § 126.00 VEHICULAR VIOLENCE DEFINED.
   THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS ARTICLE:
   1.  "VEHICULAR  VIOLENCE"  MEANS  CONDUCT  COMMITTED WHILE OPERATING A
 MOTORIZED VEHICLE, OTHER THAN DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL  OR
 DRUGS, THAT NEGLIGENTLY CAUSES INJURY OR DEATH TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
   2. "FAILURE TO EXERCISE DUE CARE" MEANS ORDINARY OR CIVIL NEGLIGENCE.
   3. "A SPECIFIED TRAFFIC INFRACTION" MEANS ANY MOVING VIOLATION REASON-
 ABLY  RELATED TO THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS AS WELL AS ANY
 OF THE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC RULES OR  REGULATIONS  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED TEN (OBEDIENCE TO AND REQUIRED TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES);
 SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN  (TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  INDICATIONS);
 SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED THIRTEEN (FLASHING SIGNAL INDICATIONS); SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY (DRIVE ON  RIGHT  SIDE  OF  ROADWAY;  EXCEPTIONS);
 SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (VEHICLE ENTERING STOP OR YIELD INTER-
 SECTION); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE (VEHICLE APPROACHING  ROTARY
 TRAFFIC  CIRCLE OR ISLAND); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-SIX (DRIVERS TO
 EXERCISE DUE CARE)  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE-A  (PEDESTRIANS'
 RIGHT OF WAY ON SIDEWALKS); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY (REQUIRED POSI-
 TION  AND  METHOD  OF  TURNING AT INTERSECTIONS); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 SIXTY- ONE (U TURNS IN CERTAIN AREAS PROHIBITED); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 SIXTY-THREE (TURNING MOVEMENTS  AND  REQUIRED  SIGNAL);  SECTION  ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY  (OBEDIENCE  TO  SIGNAL  INDICATING APPROACH OF TRAIN);
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE (CERTAIN VEHICLES MUST  STOP  AT  ALL
 RAILROAD  GRADE  CROSSINGS);  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO (STOP
 SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED  SEVENTY-THREE  (EMERGING
 FROM  ALLEY, DRIVEWAY, PRIVATE ROAD OR BUILDING); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FOUR (OVERTAKING AND PASSING SCHOOL BUS); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 EIGHTY (BASIC RULE AND MAXIMUM LIMITS); SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-
 TWO  (SPEED CONTESTS AND RACES); SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE (RECKLESS
 DRIVING); SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE (AVOIDING INTERSECTIONS  OR
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL  DEVICE);  SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-A (DRIVING
 ON SIDEWALKS); SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-C (USE OF MOBILE TELE-
 PHONES); SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-D (USE OF PORTABLE ELECTRON-
 IC DEVICES) OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL  STAT-
 UTE REASONABLY RELATED TO THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
   4.  "MOTORIZED VEHICLE" MEANS ANY MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINED IN THE VEHICLE
 AND TRAFFIC LAW; OR ANY  MOTORCYCLE,  ATV,  OR  MOTOR  DRIVEN  CYCLE  OR
 WHEELED  DEVICE,  OTHER  THAN AN ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN MOBILITY ASSISTANCE
 DEVICE.

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   5. "COMMISSIONER" MEANS THE COMMISSIONER OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES  OF  THIS
 STATE.
 § 126.05 SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE WHEN SUCH
 PERSON FAILS TO EXERCISE DUE CARE WHILE OPERATING  A  MOTORIZED  VEHICLE
 AND  COMMITS  A  SPECIFIED TRAFFIC INFRACTION, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF SECTION 126.00 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THE COMMISSION OF THE SPEC-
 IFIED TRAFFIC INFRACTION IS THE  PROXIMATE  CAUSE  OF  SERIOUS  PHYSICAL
 INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON.
   SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR.
 § 126.10 AGGRAVATED SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE
 WHEN SUCH PERSON COMMITS THE CRIME OF SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION 126.05 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND:
   1. KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW THAT SUCH PERSON'S LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE
 OF OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN THIS STATE, OR PRIVILEGE OF OBTAINING  A
 LICENSE  TO  OPERATE  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  ISSUED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER IS
 SUSPENDED, REVOKED OR OTHERWISE WITHDRAWN BY THE  COMMISSIONER  IF:  (A)
 THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL WAS BASED UPON A CONVICTION OF
 A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE
 VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW;  OR (B) THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR WITH-
 DRAWAL WAS BASED UPON A REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST PURSUANT TO
 SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR OF THE VEHICLE AND  TRAFFIC  LAW;  OR
 (C)  THE  SUSPENSION WAS A MANDATORY SUSPENSION PENDING PROSECUTION OF A
 CHARGE OF A VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE  VEHI-
 CLE AND TRAFFIC LAW ORDERED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION TWO
 OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW OR
 OTHER SIMILAR STATUTE;
   2. HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO  OF  THE  VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW WITHIN THE
 PRECEDING TEN YEARS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A  CONVICTION  IN
 ANY  OTHER  STATE  OR  JURISDICTION OF AN OFFENSE WHICH, IF COMMITTED IN
 THIS STATE, WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINE-
 TY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, SHALL BE TREATED AS  A  VIOLATION
 OF SUCH LAW;
   3.  WAS  DRIVING  TWENTY  OR MORE MILES PER HOUR ABOVE THE LEGAL SPEED
 LIMIT;
   4. WAS COMMITTING  MORE  THAN  ONE  SPECIFIED  TRAFFIC  INFRACTION  AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 126.00 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR
   5. THEREBY CAUSED SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
   AGGRAVATED  SERIOUS  PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEA-
 NOR.
 § 126.15 DEATH BY VEHICLE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF DEATH BY VEHICLE WHEN SUCH PERSON FAILS TO EXER-
 CISE DUE CARE WHILE OPERATING A MOTORIZED VEHICLE AND COMMITS  A  SPECI-
 FIED  TRAFFIC  INFRACTION  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION
 126.00 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THE  COMMISSION  OF  THE  SPECIFIED  TRAFFIC
 INFRACTION IS THE PROXIMATE CAUSE OF THE DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON.
   DEATH BY VEHICLE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
 § 126.20 AGGRAVATED DEATH BY VEHICLE.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF AGGRAVATED DEATH BY VEHICLE WHEN SUCH PERSON
 COMMITS THE CRIME OF DEATH BY VEHICLE AS DEFINED IN  SECTION  126.15  OF
 THIS ARTICLE, AND:
   1. KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW THAT SUCH PERSON'S LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE
 OF  OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN THIS STATE, OR PRIVILEGE OF OBTAINING A
 LICENSE TO OPERATE  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  ISSUED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS

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 SUSPENDED,  REVOKED  OR  OTHERWISE WITHDRAWN BY THE COMMISSIONER IF: (A)
 THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL WAS BASED UPON A CONVICTION OF
 ANY PROVISION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND
 TRAFFIC  LAW; OR (B) THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL WAS BASED
 UPON A REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST, PURSUANT TO SECTION  ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  NINETY-FOUR  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; OR (C) THE SUSPEN-
 SION WAS A MANDATORY SUSPENSION PENDING PROSECUTION OF  A  CHARGE  OF  A
 VIOLATION  OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
 FIC LAW ORDERED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF  SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-THREE  OF  THE  VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW OR OTHER
 SIMILAR STATUTE;
   2. HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW  WITHIN  THE
 PRECEDING  TEN  YEARS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A CONVICTION IN
 ANY OTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION OF AN OFFENSE  WHICH,  IF  COMMITTED  IN
 THIS STATE, WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINE-
 TY-TWO  OF  THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, SHALL BE TREATED AS A VIOLATION
 OF SUCH LAW;
   3. WAS DRIVING TWENTY OR MORE MILES PER HOUR  ABOVE  THE  LEGAL  SPEED
 LIMIT;
   4.  WAS  COMMITTING  MORE  THAN  ONE  SPECIFIED  TRAFFIC INFRACTION AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 126.00 OF THIS ARTICLE;
   5. THEREBY CAUSED THE DEATH OF MORE THAN ONE PERSON; OR
   6. THEREBY CAUSED THE DEATH OF ONE PERSON  AND  THE  SERIOUS  PHYSICAL
 INJURY OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON.
   AGGRAVATED DEATH BY VEHICLE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing  the  date  on  which it shall have become a law; provided, however,
 that if chapter 513 of the laws of 2019 shall not have taken  effect  on
 or  before  such  date then section two of this act shall take effect on
 the same date and in the same manner as such  chapter  of  the  laws  of
 2019, takes effect.

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2019-S7298 (ACTIVE) - Details

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2019-S7298 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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Timothy M. Kennedy

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal

2019-S7298 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S7298 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S7298 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7298 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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