Assembly Bill A1679

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the first and second degrees

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A1679 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S561
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1287 & 1288, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8128, S7212
2025-2026: A1699, S931

2023-A1679 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the second degree and leaving the scene of an accident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the first degree.

2023-A1679 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1679
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
   the  penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving an elec-
   tric scooter without reporting in the second degree  and  leaving  the
   scene  of  an accident involving an electric scooter without reporting
   in the first degree
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2 of section 1287 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as added by section 10 of part XX of chapter  58  of  the  laws  of
 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Leaving  the  scene  of  an incident involving an electric scooter
 without reporting in the second degree is a [violation] CLASS  A  MISDE-
 MEANOR.
   §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 1288 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by section 10 of part XX of chapter 58 of the  laws  of  2020,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  Leaving  the  scene  of  an incident involving an electric scooter
 without reporting in the first degree is a class [B misdemeanor] E FELO-
 NY.
   § 3.  This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02638-01-3

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