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                                        872--A

                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                      (PREFILED)

                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
         mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation 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 vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
         police officers to arrest a driver  of  a  motor  vehicle  in  certain
         circumstances

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

    1    Section 1. Section 1146 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
    3    (F)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 140.10 OF THE CRIMINAL
    4  PROCEDURE LAW, A POLICE OFFICER MAY, WITHOUT A WARRANT, ARREST A PERSON,
    5  IN CASE OF A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION (B) OR (C)  OF  THIS  SECTION,  IF
    6  SUCH  VIOLATION  IS  COUPLED WITH AN ACCIDENT OR COLLISION IN WHICH SUCH
    7  PERSON IS INVOLVED, WHICH IN FACT HAS BEEN COMMITTED, THOUGH NOT IN  THE
    8  POLICE  OFFICER'S  PRESENCE,  WHEN  THE  OFFICER HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO
    9  BELIEVE THAT THE VIOLATION WAS COMMITTED BY SUCH PERSON.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   11  have become a law.




        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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