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Jan 04, 2012 |
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May 24, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A483
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LENTOL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
multi-Sponsors
Ronald Canestrari
Steven Englebright
Sam Hoyt
Amy Paulin
2011-A483 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A483 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that a person is guilty of vehicular homicide when such person causes the death of another person by operation of a motor vehicle when such death was caused committing a major traffic violation and such person was previously convicted of two or more major traffic violations or such person's license was revoked.
2011-A483 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 483 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CANES- TRARI, ENGLEBRIGHT, HOYT, PAULIN, SWEENEY, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to determining when a person is guilty of vehicular homicide THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1212-a to read as follows: S 1212-A. VEHICULAR HOMICIDE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE WHEN HE OR SHE CAUSES THE DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON BY OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN SUCH DEATH WAS CAUSED BY SUCH PERSON COMMITTING A MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION; AND (A) SUCH PERSON HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF TWO OR MORE MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS ON AT LEAST TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN THE IMME- DIATELY PRECEDING EIGHTEEN MONTHS; OR (B) AT THE TIME SUCH PERSON IS OPERATING SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE, HIS OR HER LICENSE IS REVOKED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND SUCH PERSON KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW THAT HIS OR HER LICENSE HAS BEEN SO REVOKED. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "MAJOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION" SHALL MEAN THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER: SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY, SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR, SUBDIVISIONS (A), (B), (C), (D) AND (F) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY PROVIDED THAT THE VIOLATION INVOLVED TWENTY OR MORE MILES PER HOUR OVER THE ESTABLISHED LIMIT, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO, AND SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE. THE TERM "MAJOR TRAFFIC EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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