NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3534

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2021-S3534 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §502, V & T L; add Art 126 §§126.00 - 126.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7298
2023-2024: S6497, S9495

2021-S3534 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the vehicular violence accountability act defining vehicular violence and establishing related offenses.

2021-S3534 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3534

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the penal law, in
relation to enacting the "vehicular violence accountability act"

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one names the bill as the "vehicular violence accountability
act"

Section two creates a new article 126 to the penal law, establishing a
new Section 126 regarding new definitions, a new Section 126.05 creating
the crime of serious physical injury by vehicle, a new Section 126.10
creating the crime of aggravated serious physical injury by vehicle, a
new Section 126.15 creating the crime of death by vehicle, and a new
Section 126.20 creating the crime of aggravated death by vehicle.

Section three sets the effective date as the first of November next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A report from a Grand Jury of the Supreme Court, First Judicial
District, found that vehicular violence was an epidemic in New York
City, yet the tools available to prosecutors to bring drivers to justice
was found to be insufficient, due to a high burden of proof, which
prevents prosecutors from bringing charges for crimes that exist in the
penal law.' This Grand Jury took an extensive look into recent accidents
involving pedestrians and bicyclists who were struck by a vehicle and
either was seriously injured or killed. Particular attention was given
to children and to seniors , since traffic threats pose a significant
threat to NYC children, while senior citizens make up 50% of NYC's
pedestrian deaths but 13% of its population.2

As a result of the investigation, the Grand Jury issued recommendations
for the New York City and New York State governments to follow. One of
these recommendations came out of a fear that prosecutorial tools avail-
able were too weak to match the seriousness of the offense, and addi-
tional penalties were recommended to deter the conduct of aggressive
drivers.3 As a result, the Grand Jury issued recommendations to
strengthen offenses applicable to vehicular collisions, including model
legislation drafted by the Manhattan's District Attorney to curb the
incidents examined by the Grand Jury.4 This bill reflects the recommen-
dations of the Grand Jury, with support from the Manhattan District
Attorney, to create new offenses that will give prosecutors the tools
they need to properly prosecute vehicular violence, while protecting
bicyclists and pedestrians across the state.

1 Report of the Grand Jury of the Supreme Court State of New York First
Judicial District, released on October 29, 2019, available at:
https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DangerousDrivinq-
al-Report.pdf, page 1
2 Id at 5.
3 Id at 15.
4 Id at 19

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S.7298 - Died in Transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become law.

2021-S3534 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3534
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, HOYLMAN -- 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  and  the  penal  law,  in
   relation to enacting the "vehicular violence accountability act"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "vehicular violence accountability act".
   §  2.  Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraphs (b) and (d) of
 subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as  amended
 by  chapter  513  of  the  laws of 2019, are amended and a new paragraph
 (c-5) is added to read as follows:
   (i) Upon submission of an application  for  a  driver's  license,  the
 applicant  shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
 of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic,  the
 laws  relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
 ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", "Work Zone  Safety"
 awareness  and  "Motorcycle  Safety" awareness as defined by the commis-
 sioner, "School Bus Safety" awareness, THE LAWS  RELATING  TO  VEHICULAR
 VIOLENCE,  the  law  relating  to exercising due care to avoid colliding
 with a parked, stopped  or  standing  authorized  emergency  vehicle  or
 hazard  vehicle  pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
 chapter, the ability to read and comprehend traffic  signs  and  symbols
 and  such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and to satis-
 factorily complete a course prescribed by the commissioner of  not  less
 than  four  hours  and not more than five hours, consisting of classroom
 driver training and highway safety instruction or the equivalent  there-
 of.  Such test shall include at least seven written questions concerning
 the effects of consumption of alcohol or  drugs  on  the  ability  of  a
 person  to  operate  a  motor vehicle and the legal and financial conse-
 quences resulting from violations of section eleven  hundred  ninety-two
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00529-01-1

 S. 3534                             2
 
 of  this  chapter,  prohibiting  the  operation of a motor vehicle while
 under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such test shall include one  or
 more written questions concerning the devastating effects of "Road Rage"
 on  the ability of a person to operate a motor vehicle and the legal and
 financial consequences resulting from assaulting, threatening or  inter-
 fering with the lawful conduct of another person legally using the road-
 way. Such test shall include one or more questions concerning the poten-
 tial  dangers  to  persons  and  equipment  resulting  from  the  unsafe
 operation of a motor vehicle in a work zone. Such test may  include  one
 or  more  questions  concerning motorcycle safety. Such test may include
 one or more questions concerning the law  for  exercising  due  care  to
 avoid  colliding  with a parked, stopped or standing vehicle pursuant to
 section eleven hundred forty-four-a  of  this  chapter.  Such  test  may
 include  one  or  more questions concerning school bus safety. SUCH TEST
 MAY INCLUDE ONE OR MORE QUESTIONS CONCERNING  VEHICULAR  VIOLENCE.  Such
 test  shall  be administered by the commissioner. The commissioner shall
 cause the applicant to take a vision test and a test  for  color  blind-
 ness.  Upon  passage of the vision test, the application may be accepted
 and the application fee shall be payable.
   (b) Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in  para-
 graph  (a)  of  this subdivision which shall include an alcohol and drug
 education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
 "Road Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of  this
 subdivision and a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described in
 paragraph  (c-2)  of  this  subdivision, a "Motorcycle Safety" awareness
 component as described in paragraph (c-3) of this subdivision,  [and]  a
 "School  Bus Safety" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-4)
 of this subdivision, AND A VEHICULAR  VIOLENCE  AWARENESS  COMPONENT  AS
 DESCRIBED  IN PARAGRAPH (C-5) OF THIS SUBDIVISION the commissioner shall
 cause the applicant to take a road test in a representative vehicle of a
 type prescribed by the commissioner which shall be  appropriate  to  the
 type  of  license for which application is made, except that the commis-
 sioner may waive the road  test  requirements  for  certain  classes  of
 applicants. The commissioner shall have the power to establish a program
 to  allow persons other than employees of the department to conduct road
 tests in representative vehicles when such tests are required for appli-
 cants to obtain a class A, B or C license. If she chooses to do so,  she
 shall  set  forth her reasons in writing and conduct a public hearing on
 the matter.  She shall only establish such a program after  holding  the
 public hearing.
   (C-5)  VEHICULAR  VIOLENCE  AWARENESS  COMPONENT. (I) THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL PROVIDE IN THE PRE-LICENSING COURSE, SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION, A MANDATORY COMPONENT IN VEHICULAR VIOLENCE  AWARENESS
 EDUCATION  AS A  PREREQUISITE FOR OBTAINING A LICENSE TO OPERATE A MOTOR
 VEHICLE. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPONENT IS TO EDUCATE  PROSPECTIVE  LICEN-
 SEES  ON  THE DANGERS OF COMMITTING A VEHICULAR CRIME THAT CAUSES INJURY
 OR DEATH TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
   (II) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CURRICULUM FOR  THE  VEHICULAR
 VIOLENCE    AWARENESS  COMPONENT  WHICH  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, AN OVERVIEW OF LAWS GOVERNING CONDUCT COMMITTED WHILE  OPER-
 ATING A MOTORIZED VEHICLE THAT CAUSES INJURY OR DEATH TO ANOTHER PERSON,
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO AN EXPLANATION OF THE LAWS CONTAINED IN
 ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THE PENAL LAW.
   (III) IN DEVELOPING SUCH CURRICULUM, THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CONSULT
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION.

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   (d) The commissioner shall make available for distribution upon regis-
 tration  at  each location where the pre-licensing course will be given,
 instructional handbooks outlining the content of the  entire  curriculum
 of  the  pre-licensing  course  including the information required to be
 included  in  the course pursuant to paragraphs (c), (c-1), (c-2), (c-3)
 [and], (c-4) AND (C-5) of this subdivision. The commissioner shall  also
 provide for the additional training of the instructors necessary for the
 competent  instruction  of  the  alcohol and drug education, "Road Rage"
 awareness, "Work Zone Safety" awareness, "Motorcycle  Safety"  awareness
 [and],  "School  Bus  Safety" awareness AND VEHICULAR VIOLENCE AWARENESS
 subject matters of the pre-licensing course.
   § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new article 126 to  read  as
 follows:
                                ARTICLE 126
                            VEHICULAR VIOLENCE
 SECTION 126.00 VEHICULAR VIOLENCE DEFINED.
         126.05 SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE.
         126.10 AGGRAVATED SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE.
         126.15 DEATH BY VEHICLE.
         126.20 AGGRAVATED DEATH BY VEHICLE.
 § 126.00 VEHICULAR VIOLENCE DEFINED.
   THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS ARTICLE:
   1.  "VEHICULAR  VIOLENCE"  MEANS  CONDUCT  COMMITTED WHILE OPERATING A
 MOTORIZED VEHICLE, OTHER THAN DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL  OR
 DRUGS, THAT NEGLIGENTLY CAUSES INJURY OR DEATH TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
   2. "FAILURE TO EXERCISE DUE CARE" MEANS ORDINARY OR CIVIL NEGLIGENCE.
   3. "A SPECIFIED TRAFFIC INFRACTION" MEANS ANY MOVING VIOLATION REASON-
 ABLY  RELATED TO THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS AS WELL AS ANY
 OF THE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC RULES OR  REGULATIONS  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED TEN (OBEDIENCE TO AND REQUIRED TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES);
 SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  ELEVEN  (TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  INDICATIONS);
 SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED THIRTEEN (FLASHING SIGNAL INDICATIONS); SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY (DRIVE ON  RIGHT  SIDE  OF  ROADWAY;  EXCEPTIONS);
 SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (VEHICLE ENTERING STOP OR YIELD INTER-
 SECTION); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE (VEHICLE APPROACHING  ROTARY
 TRAFFIC  CIRCLE OR ISLAND); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-SIX (DRIVERS TO
 EXERCISE DUE CARE)  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTY-ONE-A  (PEDESTRIANS'
 RIGHT OF WAY ON SIDEWALKS); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY (REQUIRED POSI-
 TION  AND  METHOD  OF  TURNING AT INTERSECTIONS); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 SIXTY-ONE (U TURNS IN CERTAIN AREAS PROHIBITED); SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED
 SIXTY-THREE  (TURNING  MOVEMENTS  AND  REQUIRED  SIGNAL); SECTION ELEVEN
 HUNDRED SEVENTY (OBEDIENCE TO  SIGNAL  INDICATING  APPROACH  OF  TRAIN);
 SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-ONE (CERTAIN VEHICLES MUST STOP AT ALL
 RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS);  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-TWO  (STOP
 SIGNS  AND  YIELD SIGNS); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE (EMERGING
 FROM ALLEY, DRIVEWAY, PRIVATE ROAD OR BUILDING); SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FOUR (OVERTAKING AND PASSING SCHOOL BUS); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 EIGHTY  (BASIC  RULE AND MAXIMUM LIMITS); SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-
 TWO (SPEED CONTESTS AND RACES); SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE  (RECKLESS
 DRIVING);  SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE (AVOIDING INTERSECTIONS OR
 TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE); SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE-A  (DRIVING
 ON SIDEWALKS); SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-C (USE OF MOBILE TELE-
 PHONES); SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-D (USE OF PORTABLE ELECTRON-
 IC  DEVICES) OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL STAT-
 UTE REASONABLY RELATED TO THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.

 S. 3534                             4
 
   4. "MOTORIZED VEHICLE" MEANS ANY MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINED IN THE  VEHICLE
 AND  TRAFFIC  LAW;  OR  ANY  MOTORCYCLE,  ATV,  OR MOTOR DRIVEN CYCLE OR
 WHEELED DEVICE, OTHER THAN AN ELECTRICALLY  DRIVEN  MOBILITY  ASSISTANCE
 DEVICE.
   5.  "COMMISSIONER"  MEANS  THE  COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THIS
 STATE.
 § 126.05 SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY  BY  VEHICLE  WHEN  SUCH
 PERSON  FAILS  TO  EXERCISE DUE CARE WHILE OPERATING A MOTORIZED VEHICLE
 AND COMMITS A SPECIFIED TRAFFIC INFRACTION, AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF SECTION 126.00 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THE COMMISSION OF THE SPEC-
 IFIED  TRAFFIC  INFRACTION  IS  THE  PROXIMATE CAUSE OF SERIOUS PHYSICAL
 INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON.
   SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR.
 § 126.10 AGGRAVATED SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED SERIOUS PHYSICAL  INJURY  BY  VEHICLE
 WHEN SUCH PERSON COMMITS THE CRIME OF SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION 126.05 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND:
   1. KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW THAT SUCH PERSON'S LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE
 OF  OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN THIS STATE, OR PRIVILEGE OF OBTAINING A
 LICENSE TO OPERATE  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  ISSUED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS
 SUSPENDED,  REVOKED  OR  OTHERWISE WITHDRAWN BY THE COMMISSIONER IF: (A)
 THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL WAS BASED UPON A CONVICTION OF
 A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE
 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; OR (B) THE  SUSPENSION,  REVOCATION,  OR  WITH-
 DRAWAL WAS BASED UPON A REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST PURSUANT TO
 SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-FOUR OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; OR
 (C) THE SUSPENSION WAS A MANDATORY SUSPENSION PENDING PROSECUTION  OF  A
 CHARGE  OF A VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHI-
 CLE AND TRAFFIC LAW ORDERED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION TWO
 OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW OR
 OTHER SIMILAR STATUTE;
   2. HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW  WITHIN  THE
 PRECEDING  TEN  YEARS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A CONVICTION IN
 ANY OTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION OF AN OFFENSE  WHICH,  IF  COMMITTED  IN
 THIS STATE, WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINE-
 TY-TWO  OF  THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, SHALL BE TREATED AS A VIOLATION
 OF SUCH LAW;
   3. WAS DRIVING TWENTY OR MORE MILES PER HOUR  ABOVE  THE  LEGAL  SPEED
 LIMIT;
   4.  WAS  COMMITTING  MORE  THAN  ONE  SPECIFIED  TRAFFIC INFRACTION AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 126.00 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR
   5. THEREBY CAUSED SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
   AGGRAVATED SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY BY VEHICLE IS A CLASS  A  MISDEMEA-
 NOR.
 § 126.15 DEATH BY VEHICLE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF DEATH BY VEHICLE WHEN SUCH PERSON FAILS TO EXER-
 CISE  DUE  CARE WHILE OPERATING A MOTORIZED VEHICLE AND COMMITS A SPECI-
 FIED TRAFFIC INFRACTION AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION
 126.00  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  THE COMMISSION OF THE SPECIFIED TRAFFIC
 INFRACTION IS THE PROXIMATE CAUSE OF THE DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON.
   DEATH BY VEHICLE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
 § 126.20 AGGRAVATED DEATH BY VEHICLE.

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   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED DEATH BY  VEHICLE  WHEN  SUCH  PERSON
 COMMITS  THE  CRIME  OF DEATH BY VEHICLE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 126.15 OF
 THIS ARTICLE, AND:
   1. KNOWS OR HAS REASON TO KNOW THAT SUCH PERSON'S LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE
 OF  OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN THIS STATE, OR PRIVILEGE OF OBTAINING A
 LICENSE TO OPERATE  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  ISSUED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS
 SUSPENDED,  REVOKED  OR  OTHERWISE WITHDRAWN BY THE COMMISSIONER IF: (A)
 THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL WAS BASED UPON A CONVICTION OF
 ANY PROVISION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND
 TRAFFIC  LAW; OR (B) THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR WITHDRAWAL WAS BASED
 UPON A REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST, PURSUANT TO SECTION  ELEVEN
 HUNDRED  NINETY-FOUR  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; OR (C) THE SUSPEN-
 SION WAS A MANDATORY SUSPENSION PENDING PROSECUTION OF  A  CHARGE  OF  A
 VIOLATION  OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
 FIC LAW ORDERED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF  SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-THREE  OF  THE  VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW OR OTHER
 SIMILAR STATUTE;
   2. HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW  WITHIN  THE
 PRECEDING  TEN  YEARS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A CONVICTION IN
 ANY OTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION OF AN OFFENSE  WHICH,  IF  COMMITTED  IN
 THIS STATE, WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINE-
 TY-TWO  OF  THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, SHALL BE TREATED AS A VIOLATION
 OF SUCH LAW;
   3. WAS DRIVING TWENTY OR MORE MILES PER HOUR  ABOVE  THE  LEGAL  SPEED
 LIMIT;
   4.  WAS  COMMITTING  MORE  THAN  ONE  SPECIFIED  TRAFFIC INFRACTION AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 126.00 OF THIS ARTICLE;
   5. THEREBY CAUSED THE DEATH OF MORE THAN ONE PERSON; OR
   6. THEREBY CAUSED THE DEATH OF ONE PERSON  AND  THE  SERIOUS  PHYSICAL
 INJURY OF AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON.
   AGGRAVATED DEATH BY VEHICLE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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