| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to transportation |
| Jan 09, 2009 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S577
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
Actions
2009-S577 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง600, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S923
2013-2014: S1514
2015-2016: S732
2017-2018: S1181
2009-S577 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S577
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to making the
traffic infraction leaving scene of an incident without reporting a
class A misdemeanor
PURPOSE :
This bill increases the penalty for leaving the scene of an incident
causing personal property damage from a traffic infraction to a class
A misdemeanor.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
The closing paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 600 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by chapter 49 of the laws of 2005 is
amended to make the traffic infraction leavening scene of an incident
without reporting a class A misdemeanor.
JUSTIFICATION :
Leaving the scene of an accident is a serious crime. Even in
incidents where only personal property is damaged, a fleeing driver is
abandoning his or her responsibility for causing destruction to
someone else's property.
A traffic infraction penalty does not reflect the seriousness of the
2009-S577 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
577
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 9, 2009
___________
Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- 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 making the
traffic infraction leaving scene of an incident without reporting a
class A misdemeanor
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The closing paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 600 of
the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 49 of the laws of
2005, is amended to read as follows:
A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision shall
constitute a [traffic infraction] CLASS A MISDEMEANOR punishable by a
fine of [up to two] NOT LESS THAN FIVE hundred [fifty] NOR MORE THAN ONE
THOUSAND dollars [or a sentence of imprisonment for up to fifteen days
or both such fine and imprisonment] IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTIES
PROVIDED BY LAW.
S 2. 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.
LBD04941-01-9
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