Bill Text: NY A02035 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to vehicular manslaughter in the third degree

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to codes [A02035 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02035-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2035
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BENJAMIN, KOLB, ALFANO -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A. BARRA, ORTIZ, WEISENBERG -- read once  and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to vehicular manslaughter in
         the third degree
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 125.14-a
    2  to read as follows:
    3  S 125.14-A VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
    4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER IN THE THIRD DEGREE  WHEN
    5  HE  OR  SHE  OPERATES A MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENTLY SUCH THAT THE LIVES OR
    6  SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC BE ENDANGERED AND  BY  SUCH  OPERATION  CAUSES  THE
    7  DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON.
    8    VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   10  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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