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                                   7148
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 10, 2019
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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".
   § 2. Section 125.14 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 496 of the
 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 § 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.