S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 19, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, ABBATE, BRAUNSTEIN, COOK, GALEF,
GUNTHER, McDONOUGH, PEOPLES-STOKES, RAMOS, THIELE, MAGNARELLI, WEPRIN
-- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, COLTON, FITZPATRICK, GLICK,
LUPARDO, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transporta-
tion
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting
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 "Seth's law".
§ 2. 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] E FELONY, punishable by a fine of not less than
[five hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars nor more than one thousand FIVE
HUNDRED dollars 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] D felo-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ny, punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand FIVE HUNDRED 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 inju-
ry, as defined in section 10.00 of the penal law, shall constitute a
class [E] D felony, punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand
FIVE HUNDRED nor more than five thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars in addi-
tion to any other penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in death
shall constitute a class [D] C felony punishable by a fine of not less
than two thousand FIVE HUNDRED nor more than five thousand FIVE HUNDRED
dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.