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                                  7758

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 26, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated vehicular homi-
  cide

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

  Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as "Jocelyn's
Law".
  S 2. Section 125.14 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 496 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
S 125.14 Aggravated vehicular homicide.
  A person is guilty of aggravated vehicular homicide  when  he  or  she
EITHER:
  (1)  engages  in reckless driving as defined by section twelve hundred
twelve of the vehicle and traffic law, and commits the crime of  vehicu-
lar  manslaughter  in  the second degree as defined in section 125.12 of
this article, and either:
  [(1)] (A) commits such crimes while operating a  motor  vehicle  while
such  person  has  .18 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in
such person's blood as shown  by  chemical  analysis  of  such  person's
blood,  breath,  urine  or  saliva  made  pursuant  to the provisions of
section eleven hundred ninety-four of the vehicle and traffic law;
  [(2)] (B) commits such crimes while knowing or having reason  to  know
that:  [(a)] (I) his or her license or his or her privilege of operating
a motor vehicle in another state or his or her privilege of obtaining  a
license  to  operate  a  motor  vehicle in another state is suspended or
revoked and such suspension or revocation is based upon a conviction  in
such other state for an offense which would, if committed in this state,
constitute  a  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions of section eleven
hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law; or [(b)] (II) his  or
her license or his or her privilege of operating a motor vehicle in this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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state  or  his  or  her  privilege  of obtaining a license issued by the
commissioner of motor vehicles is suspended or revoked and such  suspen-
sion  or revocation is based upon either a refusal to submit to a chemi-
cal  test  pursuant to section eleven hundred ninety-four of the vehicle
and traffic law or following a conviction for a violation of any of  the
provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traf-
fic law;
  [(3)]  (C)  has  previously  been  convicted  of  violating any of the
provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traf-
fic law within the preceding ten years, provided that, for the  purposes
of this subdivision, a conviction in any other state or jurisdiction for
an  offense  which,  if  committed  in  this  state,  would constitute a
violation of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and  traf-
fic law, shall be treated as a violation of such law;
  [(4)] (D) causes the death of more than one other person;
  [(5)]  (E)  causes  the  death  of one person and the serious physical
injury of at least one other person;
  [(6)] (F) has previously been convicted of violating any provision  of
this  article  or article one hundred twenty of this title involving the
operation of a motor vehicle, or was convicted in  any  other  state  or
jurisdiction  of  an  offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle
which, if committed in this state, would constitute a violation of  this
article or article one hundred twenty of this title; or
  [(7)]  (G)  commits such crime while operating a motor vehicle while a
child who is fifteen years of age or less is a passenger in  such  motor
vehicle and causes the death of such child[.]; OR
  (2)  COMMITS  THE CRIME OF VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND DEGREE
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 125.12 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND  HAS  PREVIOUSLY  BEEN
CONVICTED  THREE  TIMES  OF  VIOLATING  ANY PROVISIONS OF SECTION ELEVEN
HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW WITHIN  THE  PRECEDING
TEN  YEARS,  PROVIDED  THAT,  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A
CONVICTION IN ANY OTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION FOR AN OFFENSE  WHICH,  IF
COMMITTED  IN THIS STATE, WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN
HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, SHALL BE TREATED AS A
VIOLATION OF SUCH LAW.
  If it is established that the  person  operating  such  motor  vehicle
caused  such death or deaths while unlawfully intoxicated or impaired by
the use of alcohol or a drug, or by the combined influence of  drugs  or
of  alcohol  and  any  drug  or  drugs, then there shall be a rebuttable
presumption that, as a result of such intoxication or impairment by  the
use  of  alcohol  or a drug, or by the combined influence of drugs or of
alcohol and any drug or drugs, such person operated the motor vehicle in
a manner that caused such death or deaths, as required by  this  section
and section 125.12 of this article.
  Aggravated vehicular homicide is a class B felony.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.