Senate Bill S1600

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree

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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-S1600 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A863
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง511, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7857
2013-2014: S1888, A1847
2017-2018: S2081, A252
2019-2020: A3194
2023-2024: A5077

2015-S1600 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to penalties for causing a death while committing aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

2015-S1600 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1600 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1600

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- 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  aggravated
  unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree

  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  "Teresita's
law".
  S  2.  Subparagraph  (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
511 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 169 of the  laws
of  2013,  is  amended  and  a  new subparagraph (v) is added to read as
follows:
  (iv) operates a motor vehicle upon a public highway  while  holding  a
conditional  license  issued  pursuant  to  paragraph (a) of subdivision
seven of section eleven hundred ninety-six of this chapter  while  under
the influence of alcohol or a drug in violation of subdivision one, two,
two-a,  three, four, four-a or five of section eleven hundred ninety-two
of this chapter[.]; OR
  (V) COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF AGGRAVATED UNLICENSED OPERATION OF A  MOTOR
VEHICLE  IN  THE  THIRD  DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION; AND WHILE OPERATING SUCH VEHICLE NEGLIGENTLY CAUSES  THE  DEATH
OF ANOTHER PERSON.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01651-01-5

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