Increases the penalties for driving with a suspended or revoked license.

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S1271-2011 Actions

• Mar 22, 2012: referred to transportation
• Mar 22, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Mar 22, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 12, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1271A
• Jan 30, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jan 24, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jan 23, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.111
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 15, 2011: referred to transportation
• Jun 15, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 15, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 24, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 23, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Mar 22, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.250
• Jan 6, 2011: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S1271-2011 Meetings

Transportation: Jan 23, 2012, Transportation: Mar 22, 2011

S1271-2011 Calendars

Active List: Feb 14, 2012 , Active List: Jun 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jan 24, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jan 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jan 31, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Feb 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Feb 7, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Feb 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Feb 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Feb 15, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Feb 29, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 1, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 5, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 7, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 12, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 28, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 29, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 30, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 31, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 4, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 5, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 12, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 3, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 4, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 9, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 10, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 17, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 18, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 25, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 1, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 7, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 15, 2011

S1271-2011 Votes

S1271-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1271

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing the
penalties for driving with a suspended or revoked license

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To stiffen the penalties for driving with a suspended license in order
to protect the safety of law abiding drivers.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill changes the penalties for driving with a suspended license.
For a violation in the third degree, the penalty will be changed to a
fine no less than $500 to no more than $1000 and/or no more than 30
days in jail. For a violation in the second degree, the penalty will
change to a fine of no less than $1000 to no more than $5000 and/or
up to 180 days in jail. For a violation in the first degree, the
penalty will be one to four years in prison or one year in prison
under special circumstances.

JUSTIFICATION:
Irresponsible drivers in New York state whose licenses have been
suspended or revoked are a danger to others when they operate a
vehicle. However, time and time again accidents resulting in the
injury and death of innocent people are caused by those who do not
obey the law. Violators are not deterred by the consequences of
driving without a license. There have been several accidents across
the state in the past few years where dangerous drivers who have had
their licenses suspended have gotten behind the wheel of a car and
caused injuries and fatalities. The Legislature needs to send a clear
and persuasive message by increasing the penalties for driving with a
suspended license which will help deter those individuals. This
legislation seeks to protect the public from those who not only drive
irresponsibly, but are not supposed to be allowed on the road in the
first place.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010: S.6460 - Reported and Committed to Codes

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S1271-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    1271

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                               January 6, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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, in relation  to  increasing
    the penalties for driving with a suspended or revoked license

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1, paragraph (b)  of  subdivi-
  sion  2 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 511 of the vehicle
  and traffic law, paragraph (b) of subdivision 1  and  paragraph  (b)  of
  subdivision  2  as  amended by chapter 607 of the laws of 1993 and para-
  graph (b) of subdivision 3 as separately amended by chapters 786 and 892
  of the laws of 1990, are amended to read as follows:

    (b) Aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle  in  the  third
  degree is a misdemeanor. When a person is convicted of this offense, the
  sentence  of  the  court must be: (i) a fine of not less than [two] FIVE
  hundred dollars nor more than [five hundred] ONE  THOUSAND  dollars;  or
  (ii)  a term of imprisonment of not more than thirty days; or (iii) both
  such fine and imprisonment.
    (b) Aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in  the  second
  degree  is a misdemeanor. When a person is convicted of this crime under
  subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the  sentence  of
  the  court must be: (i) a fine of not less than [five hundred] ONE THOU-
  SAND dollars[; and] NOR MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; AND/OR  (ii)  a
  term  of  imprisonment  not  to exceed one hundred eighty days; or (iii)
  where appropriate a sentence of probation as provided in subdivision six
  of this section; or (iv) a term of imprisonment  as  a  condition  of  a
  sentence  of  probation as provided in the penal law and consistent with
  this section. When a person is convicted of this  crime  under  subpara-
  graph  (ii),  (iii)  or  (iv)  of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the
  sentence of the court must be: (i) a fine of not less than five  hundred
  dollars nor more than one thousand dollars; and (ii) a term of imprison-

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  ment  of not less than seven days nor more than one hundred eighty days,
  or (iii) where appropriate a sentence of probation as provided in subdi-
  vision six of this section; or (iv) a term of imprisonment as  a  condi-
  tion  of  a  sentence  of  probation  as  provided  in the penal law and
  consistent with this section.
    (b) Aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle  in  the  first
  degree  is  a  class E felony. When a person is convicted of this crime,
  the sentence of the court must be: (i) [a fine in  an  amount  not  less
  than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars; and (ii)]
  a term of imprisonment [as provided in the penal law,] NOT LESS THAN ONE
  YEAR  AND  NOT  TO  EXCEED FOUR YEARS; OR (II) A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT AS
  PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 70.00 OF THE PENAL LAW; or (iii)
  where appropriate and a term of imprisonment  is  not  required  by  the
  penal  law,  a  sentence  of probation as provided in subdivision six of
  this section, or (iv) a  term  of  imprisonment  as  a  condition  of  a
  sentence of probation as provided in the penal law.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.