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                                   4210
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
   the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident  without  reporting
   where such accident resulted in the death of a minor

   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 "CJ's law".
   § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of  the  vehicle  and
 traffic  law,  as amended by chapter 497 of the laws of 2022, 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]
 THEIR  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 penal-
 ties 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]  THEIR 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
 seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars in  addi-
 tion  to any other penalties provided by law. Any such violation commit-
 ted by a person after such person has previously been convicted of  such
 a  violation  shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of
 not less than one thousand nor more than three thousand dollars in addi-
 tion to any other penalties  provided  by  law.  Any  violation  of  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 provisions  of  paragraph a of this subdivision, other than for the mere
 failure of an operator to exhibit [his or her] THEIR license and  insur-
 ance  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  addi-
 tion  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, OR (III) RESULTS IN DEATH  OF  A  MINOR
 SHALL  CONSTITUTE A CLASS C FELONY PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN
 FOUR THOUSAND NOR MORE THAN EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY
 OTHER PENALTIES PROVIDED BY LAW.
   §  3. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become
 a law.