Assembly Bill A6256

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates crime of vehicular assault in the third degree; crime is committed by injury to another person while unlawfully passing stopped school bus

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A6256 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §120.02-a, amd §§120.03 & 125.12, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7165
2013-2014: A4773
2015-2016: A4373
2017-2018: A4447
2019-2020: A3767
2021-2022: A5507

2009-A6256 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes crime of vehicular assault in the third degree where person, with criminal negligence, causes physical injury to another person while unlawfully overtaking and passing a stopped school bus; expands other degrees of crime to include unlawfully passing a stopped school bus.

2009-A6256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6256

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BACALLES, ALFANO, KOLB, RAIA, McDONOUGH, BARRA,
  BURLING, REILICH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BARCLAY,  CALHOUN,
  CONTE,  CROUCH,  GIGLIO,  HAWLEY,  McKEVITT,  MOLINARO, SPANO, THIELE,
  WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  the  crime  of  vehicular
  assault in the third degree

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new  section  120.02-a
to read as follows:
S 120.02-A VEHICULAR ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
  A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF VEHICULAR ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN WITH
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE HE CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY TO  ANOTHER  PERSON  WHILE
UNLAWFULLY  OVERTAKING  AND PASSING A SCHOOL BUS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION
ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
  VEHICULAR ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  S 2. Section 120.03 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 1-a to read as follows:
  (1-A) CAUSES SUCH SERIOUS PHYSICAL  INJURY  TO  ANOTHER  PERSON  WHILE
UNLAWFULLY  OVERTAKING  AND PASSING A SCHOOL BUS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION
ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR
  S 3. Section 125.12 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 1-a to read as follows:
  (1-A) CAUSES THE DEATH OF SUCH PERSON WHILE UNLAWFULLY OVERTAKING  AND
PASSING A SCHOOL BUS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR
OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
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.
                                                           LBD08123-01-9

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