Bill Text: NY A06367 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes leaving the scene of an accident within the crimes of aggravated vehicular manslaughter and aggravated vehicular assault when physical injury or death occurs to a person or persons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes [A06367 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06367-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6367

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 5, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to leaving the scene of a
          motor vehicle accident that resulted in physical injury or death of  a
          person or persons

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 125.14 of  the  penal  law,
     2  subdivision  6  as  amended and subdivision 7 as added by chapter 496 of
     3  the laws of 2009, are amended and a new subdivision 8 is added  to  read
     4  as follows:
     5    (6)  has  previously been convicted of violating any provision of this
     6  article or article one hundred twenty of this title involving the opera-
     7  tion of a motor vehicle, or was convicted in any other state  or  juris-
     8  diction  of an offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle which,
     9  if committed in this state, would constitute a violation of this article
    10  or article one hundred twenty of this title; [or]
    11    (7) commits such crime while operating a motor vehicle while  a  child
    12  who is fifteen years of age or less is a passenger in such motor vehicle
    13  and causes the death of such child[.]; or
    14    (8)  commits  such  crime and then leaves the scene of the accident in
    15  the manner defined in subdivision two of  section  six  hundred  of  the
    16  vehicle and traffic law.
    17    § 2. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 120.04-a of the penal law, subdi-
    18  vision  5  as  amended  and subdivision 6 as added by chapter 496 of the
    19  laws of 2009, are amended and a new subdivision 7 is added  to  read  as
    20  follows:
    21    (5)  has  previously been convicted of violating any provision of this
    22  article or article one hundred twenty-five of this title  involving  the
    23  operation  of  a  motor  vehicle, or was convicted in any other state or
    24  jurisdiction of an offense involving the operation of  a  motor  vehicle

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00096-01-3
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     1  which,  if committed in this state, would constitute a violation of this
     2  article or article one hundred twenty-five of this title; [or]
     3    (6)  commits  such crime while operating a motor vehicle while a child
     4  who is fifteen years of age or less is a passenger in such motor vehicle
     5  and causes serious physical injury to such child[.]; or
     6    (7) commits such crime and then leaves the scene of  the  accident  in
     7  the  manner  defined  in  subdivision  two of section six hundred of the
     8  vehicle and traffic law.
     9    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    10  it shall have become a law.