| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to transportation |
| Jan 05, 2023 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S561
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
2023-S561 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S561 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S561
SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
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
PURPOSE:
This legislation would make the penalties for leaving the scene of a
crash involving an electric scooter without reporting consistent with
the penalties for leaving the scene of an automobile crash.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision 2 of section 1287 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law to make leaving the scene of an incident involving
an electric scooter without reporting in the second degree a class A
2023-S561 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
561
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 5, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. 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, 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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