NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6497

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2023-S6497 (ACTIVE) - Details

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:: 2019-2020: S7298
2021-2022: S3534

2023-S6497 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-S6497 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6497

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"

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one names the bill as the "vehicular violence accountability
act"

Section two creates a new article 126 to the penal law, establishing a
new Section 126 regarding new definitions, a new Section 126.05 creating
the crime of serious physical injury by vehicle, a new Section 126.10
creating the crime of aggravated serious physical injury by vehicle, a
new Section 126.15 creating the crime of death by vehicle, and a new
Section 126.20 creating the crime of aggravated death by vehicle.

Section three sets the effective date as the first of November next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A report from a Grand Jury of the Supreme Court, First Judicial
District, found that vehicular violence was an epidemic in New York
City, yet the tools available to prosecutors to bring drivers to justice
was found to be insufficient, due to a high burden of proof, which
prevents prosecutors from bringing charges for crimes that exist in the
penal law.(1) This Grand Jury took an extensive look into recent acci-
dents involving pedestrians and bicyclists who were struck by a vehicle
and either was seriously injured or killed. Particular attention was
given to children and to seniors , since traffic threats pose a signif-
icant threat to NYC children, while senior citizens make up 50% of NYC's
pedestrian deaths but 13% of its population.(2)

As a result of the investigation, the Grand Jury issued recommendations
for the New York City and New York State governments to follow. One of
these recommendations came out of a fear that prosecutorial tools avail-
able were too weak to match the seriousness of the offense, and addi-
tional penalties were recommended to deter the conduct of aggressive
drivers.(3) As a result, the Grand Jury issued recommendations to
strengthen offenses applicable to vehicular collisions, including model
legislation drafted by the Manhattan's District Attorney to curb the
incidents examined by the Grand Jury.(4) This bill reflects the recom-
mendations of the Grand Jury, with support from the Manhattan District
Attorney, to create new offenses that will give prosecutors the tools
they need to properly prosecute vehicular violence, while protecting
bicyclists and pedestrians across the state.


 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S.3534 Referred to Transportation

2019-2020: S.7298 - Died in Transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become law.
(1) Report of the Grand Jury of the Supreme Court State of New York
First Judicial District, released on October 29, 2019, available at:
https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-
content/uploads/2019/10/DangerousDriving-al-Report.pdf, page 1
(2) Id at 5.
(3) Id at 15.
(4) Id at 19

2023-S6497 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6497
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KENNEDY,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
   portation
 
 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 379 of the laws of 2022, are  amended  and  a  new  paragraph
 (c-6) 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, "Motorcycle Safety" awareness and "Pedestrian  and  Bicyclist
 Safety"  awareness  as  defined by the commissioner, "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 stand-
 ing 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  satisfactorily 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 thereof. 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10981-01-3

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 and the legal and financial consequences resulting  from  violations  of
 section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, prohibiting the oper-
 ation  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" on the ability of a person to operate
 a motor vehicle and the legal and financial consequences resulting  from
 assaulting, threatening or interfering with the lawful conduct of anoth-
 er person legally using the roadway. Such test shall include one or more
 questions  concerning  the  potential  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 safe-
 ty. Such test may include one or more questions concerning the  law  for
 exercising  due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or stand-
 ing 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
 pedestrian and bicyclist safety. SUCH TEST MAY INCLUDE ONE OR MORE QUES-
 TIONS  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 blindness. 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, 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, a "School
 Bus Safety" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-4) of  this
 subdivision,  [and] a "Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety" awareness compo-
 nent as described in paragraph (c-5) of this subdivision, AND A  VEHICU-
 LAR VIOLENCE AWARENESS COMPONENT AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (C-6) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  the  commissioner shall cause the applicant to take a road
 test in a representative vehicle of a type prescribed by the commission-
 er which shall be appropriate to the type of license for which  applica-
 tion  is  made,  except  that  the  commissioner may waive the road test
 requirements for certain classes of applicants. Provided, however,  that
 the  term  "representative  vehicle"  shall  not include a three-wheeled
 motor vehicle that has two wheels situated in the front and one wheel in
 the rear, has a steering mechanism and seating which  does  not  require
 the  operator  to straddle or sit astride, is equipped with safety belts
 for all occupants and is manufactured to comply with federal motor vehi-
 cle safety standards for motorcycles including, but not limited  to,  49
 C.F.R.  part  571.  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 applicants 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-6) 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-
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 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
 included  in the course pursuant to paragraphs (c), (c-1), (c-2), (c-3),
 (c-4) [and], (c-5) AND (C-6) 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,  "School  Bus  Safety" awareness [and], "Pedestrian and Bicy-
 clist 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
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 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.
   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.
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 § 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
 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.

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