Assembly Bill A2128

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to repeat offenders of driving accidents

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

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2015-A2128 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §70.06, Pen L; amd §160.10, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A3909
2019-2020: A695
2021-2022: A1737
2023-2024: A421

2015-A2128 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to repeat offenders of driving accidents.

2015-A2128 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2128

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the  penal  law  and  the  criminal  procedure  law,  in
  relation to repeat offenders of driving accidents

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  70.06  of  the
penal  law, as amended by chapter 410 of the laws of 1979, is amended to
read as follows:
  (a) A second felony offender is a person, other than a second  violent
felony  offender  as defined in section 70.04, who stands convicted of a
felony defined in this chapter OR IN THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,  other
than  a  class A-I felony, after having previously been subjected to one
or more predicate felony convictions as defined in paragraph (b) of this
subdivision.
  S 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 160.10 of  the
criminal  procedure  law, as amended by chapter 762 of the laws of 1971,
are amended to read as follows:
  (b) A misdemeanor defined in the penal law OR THE VEHICLE AND  TRAFFIC
LAW; or
  (c)  A  misdemeanor  defined  outside the penal law OR THE VEHICLE AND
TRAFFIC LAW which would constitute a felony if such person had a  previ-
ous judgment of conviction for a crime; or
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04178-01-5

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