Senate Bill S907

                             
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                                    907
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO, HELMING, MATTERA, ORTT, TEDISCO
   -- 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 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. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
 "Alix's Law".
   §  2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 and paragraph a of subdivision 2 of
 section 600 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 795 of
 the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows:
   a. Any person operating a motor vehicle who, knowing or  having  cause
 to  know  that  THE  MOTOR  VEHICLE  OPERATED BY SUCH PERSON HAS COME IN
 CONTACT WITH A PERSON, REAL PROPERTY OR PERSONAL PROPERTY, HAS A DUTY TO
 PERFORM A REASONABLE AND GOOD FAITH INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT AND IF
 AS A RESULT OF SUCH INVESTIGATION SUCH PERSON KNOWS  OR  HAS  REASON  TO
 KNOW THAT damage has been caused to the real property or to the personal
 property, not including animals, of another, due to [an incident involv-
 ing]  THE  CONTACT  OF  the  motor vehicle operated by such person, SUCH
 PERSON shall, before leaving the place where the damage occurred,  stop,
 exhibit [his or her] THEIR license and insurance identification card for
 such  vehicle,  when  such card is required pursuant to articles six and
 eight of this chapter, and give [his  or  her]  THEIR  name,  residence,
 including street and number, insurance carrier and insurance identifica-
 tion  information  including but not limited to the number and effective
 dates of [said] SUCH individual's insurance policy, and  license  number
 to the party sustaining the damage, or in case the person sustaining the
 damage is not present at the place where the damage occurred then [he or
 she] SUCH PERSON shall report the same as soon as physically able to the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 nearest  police  station,  or judicial officer.   A  PERSON  OPERATING A
 MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED    NINETY-TWO    OF
 THIS  CHAPTER,  THAT  CAME  INTO CONTACT  WITH A  PERSON,  REAL  PROPER-
 TY,  OR  PERSONAL  PROPERTY, THAT RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO REAL PROPERTY OR
 TO  THE  PERSONAL  PROPERTY,  NOT INCLUDING ANIMALS,  OF  ANOTHER, SHALL
 BE  PRESUMED  TO HAVE KNOWN OR HAVE CAUSE  TO KNOW  OF  SUCH CONTACT AND
 OF SUCH DAMAGE, UNLESS SUCH PERSON SHOWS THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE  KNOWN
 OR   HAVE  CAUSE  TO  KNOW  OF  SUCH CONTACT AND  OF SUCH INJURY REGARD-
 LESS OF INTOXICATION OR IMPAIRMENT BY THE USE OF ALCOHOL OR A  DRUG,  OR
 BY  THE  COMBINED  INFLUENCE  OF   DRUGS   OR OF ALCOHOL AND ANY DRUG OR
 DRUGS. In addition to the foregoing, any such person shall also: (i) (A)
 produce the proof of insurance coverage  required  pursuant  to  article
 forty-four-B  of this chapter if such person is a TNC driver operating a
 TNC vehicle while the incident occurred who was (1)  logged  on  to  the
 TNC's  digital  network but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (2)
 was engaged in a TNC prearranged trip; and (B) disclose whether  [he  or
 she]  SUCH PERSON, at the time such incident occurred, was (1) logged on
 to the TNC's digital network but not engaged in a TNC  prearranged  trip
 or  (2)  was  engaged in a TNC prearranged trip, or (ii) (A) produce the
 proof of insurance coverage required pursuant to article  forty  of  the
 general  business law if such person is a shared vehicle owner or shared
 vehicle driver operating a shared  vehicle  during  a  peer-to-peer  car
 sharing period while the incident occurred; and (B) disclose whether [he
 or she] SUCH PERSON, at the time such incident occurred, was operating a
 shared vehicle during a peer-to-peer car sharing period.
   a.  Any  person operating a motor vehicle who, knowing or having cause
 to know that THE MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATED  BY  SUCH  PERSON  HAS  COME  IN
 CONTACT WITH A PERSON, REAL PROPERTY OR PERSONAL PROPERTY, HAS A DUTY TO
 PERFORM A REASONABLE AND GOOD FAITH INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT AND IF
 AS  A  RESULT  OF  SUCH INVESTIGATION SUCH PERSON KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO
 KNOW  THAT personal injury has been caused to another person, due to [an
 incident involving] THE CONTACT OF the motor vehicle  operated  by  such
 person,  SUCH  PERSON  shall,  before  leaving  the place where the said
 personal injury occurred, stop, exhibit [his or her] THEIR  license  and
 insurance  identification  card  for  such  vehicle,  when  such card is
 required pursuant to articles six and eight of this  chapter,  and  give
 [his  or her] THEIR name, residence, including street and street number,
 insurance carrier and insurance identification information including but
 not limited to the number and effective dates of  [said]  SUCH  individ-
 ual's  insurance  policy  and  license  number, to the injured party, if
 practical, and also to a police officer, or in the event that no  police
 officer is in the vicinity of the place of [said] SUCH injury, then, [he
 or  she]  SUCH  PERSON  shall report said incident as soon as physically
 able to the nearest police station or judicial officer.  A PERSON  OPER-
 ATING  A MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO
 OF THIS CHAPTER, THAT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A PERSON, REAL PROPERTY, OR
 PERSONAL PROPERTY, THAT RESULTED IN INJURY  TO ANOTHER PERSON, SHALL  BE
 PRESUMED  TO  HAVE  KNOWN  OR HAVE CAUSE TO KNOW OF SUCH  INJURY, UNLESS
 SUCH PERSON SHOWS THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN OR HAVE CAUSE  TO  KNOW
 OF  SUCH  CONTACT AND   OF  SUCH  INJURY  REGARDLESS  OF INTOXICATION OR
 IMPAIRMENT  BY THE USE OF ALCOHOL OR A DRUG, OR BY THE  COMBINED  INFLU-
 ENCE  OF  DRUGS  OR OF ALCOHOL AND ANY DRUG OR DRUGS. In addition to the
 foregoing, any such person shall also: (i)  (A)  produce  the  proof  of
 insurance  coverage  required  pursuant  to article forty-four-B of this
 chapter if such person is a TNC driver operating a TNC  vehicle  at  the
 time  of the incident who was (1) logged on to the TNC's digital network
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 but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (2) was engaged  in  a  TNC
 prearranged trip; and (B) disclose whether [he or she,] at the time such
 incident  occurred,  was  (1) logged on to the TNC's digital network but
 not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (2) was engaged in a TNC prear-
 ranged  trip,  or  (ii)  (A)  produce  the  proof  of insurance coverage
 required pursuant to article forty of the general business law  if  such
 person  is  a  shared vehicle owner or shared vehicle driver operating a
 shared vehicle during a peer-to-peer car sharing period while the  inci-
 dent  occurred;  and  (B) disclose whether [he or she,] at the time such
 incident occurred, was operating a shared vehicle during a  peer-to-peer
 car sharing period.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.