Senate Bill S7754A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree

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    • In Committee Assembly
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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Bill Amendments

2023-S7754 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6816
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §176.75, Pen L

2023-S7754 - Summary

Provides that anyone who directs, hires, requests, encourages, orchestrates or invites another individual to cause a collision involving a motor vehicle shall be guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree.

2023-S7754 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7754 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7754
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to staging  a  motor  vehicle
   accident in the second degree
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 176.75 of the penal law, as added by chapter 151 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 § 176.75 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree.
   A person is guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in  the  second
 degree  when,  with  intent to commit and in furtherance of a fraudulent
 insurance act, he or she operates  a  motor  vehicle  and  intentionally
 causes  a  collision  involving  a  motor  vehicle,  OR  DIRECTS, HIRES,
 REQUESTS, ENCOURAGES, ORCHESTRATES, OR INVITES ANOTHER TO CAUSE A COLLI-
 SION INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE.
   Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree  is  a  class  E
 felony.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13599-01-3



              

2023-S7754A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6816
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §176.75, Pen L

2023-S7754A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that anyone who directs, hires, requests, encourages, orchestrates or invites another individual to cause a collision involving a motor vehicle shall be guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree.

2023-S7754A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7754A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7754--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
   the  Committee  on  Codes  in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to the crime of staging a
   motor vehicle accident in the second degree
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 176.75 of the penal law, as added by chapter 151 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 § 176.75 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree.
   A  person  is guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second
 degree when, with intent to commit and in furtherance  of  a  fraudulent
 insurance  act,  he  or  she  operates a motor vehicle and intentionally
 causes a  collision  involving  a  motor  vehicle,  OR  DIRECTS,  HIRES,
 REQUESTS,  ENCOURAGES,  ORCHESTRATES  OR  INVITES  ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TO
 CAUSE A COLLISION INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE.
   Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree  is  a  class  E
 felony.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13599-02-4



              

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