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                                   3964
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. COLTON, PICHARDO, THIELE, MAGNARELLI, McDONOUGH,
   MONTESANO, COOK, WILLIAMS, TAYLOR, SEAWRIGHT, SANTABARBARA, J. RIVERA,
   DICKENS, GUNTHER, B. MILLER, GALEF, DAVILA, GRIFFIN, REYES, GOTTFRIED,
   CRUZ,  J. M. GIGLIO,  NORRIS,  DeSTEFANO,  WALCZYK,  FRONTUS,  WEPRIN,
   DARLING  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, HYNDMAN, MIKULIN,
   WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
   penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 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, punishable  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  [five
 hundred]  SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY dollars nor more than one thousand 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 felony, punishable by a fine
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 of  not  less than one thousand 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 injury, as defined  in  section
 10.00 of the penal law, shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by
 a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars
 in  addition  to any other penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in
 death shall constitute a class D felony punishable by a fine of not less
 than two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars in addition to any
 other penalties provided by law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.