Assembly Bill A1737

2021-2022 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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2021-A1737 (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:
2015-2016: A2128
2017-2018: A3909
2019-2020: A695
2023-2024: A421

2021-A1737 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to repeat offenders of driving accidents.

2021-A1737 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1737
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. 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.
   § 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
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00665-01-1

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