Bill Text: NY A03858 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to penalties for striking a pedestrian crossing a street while operating a motor vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A03858 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03858-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3858

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 8, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY, CARROLL, COLTON -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT in relation to penalties for striking  a  pedestrian  crossing  a
          street while operating a motor vehicle

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The commissioner of the department  of  motor  vehicles  is
     2  hereby  directed  to amend and/or adopt rules and regulations to provide
     3  that any person who is convicted or enters a guilty  plea  of  violating
     4  section  1151 and/or 1151-a of the vehicle and traffic law shall receive
     5  5 points on his or her driving record.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03869-01-3