What's happening
This bill lowers the number of prior license suspensions required to qualify for aggravated unlicensed operation offenses.
Why it matters
Expands the reach of aggravated unlicensed operation laws. by lowering the threshold for prior suspensions—making it easier for repeat offenders to face more serious (first or second-degree) charges, even with fewer past violations.
Potentially increases legal and financial consequences. for drivers who repeatedly ignore tickets or fail to pay fines, as fewer suspensions are now needed to trigger harsher penalties.
May serve as a stronger deterrent. against habitual unlicensed driving by escalating penalties sooner, aiming to improve traffic safety and reduce incidents involving drivers with multiple unresolved suspensions.
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Tougher Repeat Suspension Penalties
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- Referred to transportation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8081
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 31, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the number of prior suspensions needed to qualify for aggravated unlicensed operation in the first degree and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Angelica's law".
§ 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 511 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of 2006, subparagraph (iii) as amended and subparagraph (iv) as added by chapter 169 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A person is guilty of the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree when such person: (i) commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree as provided in subparagraph (ii)[,] or (iii) [or (iv)] of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this section and is operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or a drug in violation of subdivision one, two, two-a, three, four, four-a or five of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter; or
(ii) commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree as defined in subdivision one of this section; and is operating a motor vehicle while such person has in effect [ten] five or more suspensions, imposed on at least [ten] five separate dates for failure to answer, appear or pay a fine, pursuant to subdivision three of section two hundred twenty-six of this chapter or subdivision four-a of section five hundred ten of this article; or
(iii) commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree as defined in subdivision one of this
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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section; and is operating a motor vehicle while under permanent revocation as set forth in subparagraph twelve of paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-three of this chapter; or
(iv) operates a motor vehicle upon a public highway while holding a conditional license issued pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision seven of section eleven hundred ninety-six of this chapter while under the influence of alcohol or a drug in violation of subdivision one, two, two-a, three, four, four-a or five of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter.
§ 3. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 511 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 607 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
(iv) such person has in effect [three] two or more suspensions, imposed on at least [three] two separate dates, for failure to answer, appear or pay a fine, pursuant to subdivision three of section two hundred twenty-six or subdivision four-a of section five hundred ten of this chapter.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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