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                                   2515
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ, ABBATE, BRAUNSTEIN, COOK, GALEF,
   GUNTHER, McDONOUGH, PEOPLES-STOKES, RAMOS, THIELE, MAGNARELLI,  WEPRIN
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, COLTON, FITZPATRICK, GLICK,
   LUPARDO,  RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transporta-
   tion

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
   penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting
 
   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 "Seth's law".
   § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of  the  vehicle  and
 traffic  law,  as  amended by section 4 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a  of  this  subdivision
 resulting  solely  from the failure of an operator to exhibit his or her
 license and insurance identification card for the  vehicle  or  exchange
 the  information  required  in such paragraph shall constitute a class B
 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty  nor
 more  than  five  hundred  dollars  in  addition  to any other penalties
 provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a  class
 A  misdemeanor  punishable  by  a fine of not less than five hundred nor
 more than one thousand  dollars  in  addition  to  any  other  penalties
 provided  by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this
 subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator  to  exhibit
 his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle or
 exchange  the information required in such paragraph, shall constitute a
 class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY, punishable by a fine of  not  less  than
 [five  hundred]  ONE  THOUSAND  dollars  nor more than one thousand FIVE
 HUNDRED dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.  Any
 such  violation  committed  by a person after such person has previously
 been convicted of such a violation shall constitute a class [E] D  felo-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ny,  punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand FIVE HUNDRED nor
 more than [two] THREE thousand [five hundred] dollars in addition to any
 other penalties provided by law.   Any violation of  the  provisions  of
 paragraph  a  of this subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an
 operator to exhibit his or her license and insurance identification card
 for such vehicle or exchange the information required in such paragraph,
 where the personal injury involved (i) results in serious physical inju-
 ry, as defined in section 10.00 of the penal  law,  shall  constitute  a
 class  [E]  D felony, punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand
 FIVE HUNDRED nor more than five thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars  in  addi-
 tion  to  any  other penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in death
 shall constitute a class [D] C felony punishable by a fine of  not  less
 than  two thousand FIVE HUNDRED nor more than five thousand FIVE HUNDRED
 dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.