Assembly Bill A6400

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   6400
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  penalties
   for failure to yield to authorized emergency vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 1144 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  ANY  PERSON  WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND FOR A FIRST  CONVICTION  THEREOF  SHALL  BE
 PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRI-
 SONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISON-
 MENT; FOR A CONVICTION OF A SECOND VIOLATION, BOTH OF WHICH WERE COMMIT-
 TED WITHIN A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, A PERSON SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE
 OF  NOT  MORE  THAN  SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE
 THAN NINETY  DAYS  OR  BY  BOTH  SUCH  FINE  AND  IMPRISONMENT;  UPON  A
 CONVICTION OF A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION, ALL OF WHICH WERE COMMIT-
 TED WITHIN A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, A PERSON SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE
 OF  NOT  MORE  THAN NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE
 THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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