Assembly Bill A1029

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes speeding without a license as a class A misdemeanor punishable by various fines and/or imprisonment depending on excessive speed

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A1029 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1183, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2394
2011-2012: A1289
2015-2016: A515
2017-2018: A1292
2019-2020: A2713

2013-A1029 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes speeding without a license as a class A misdemeanor, punishable by a sliding scale of fines and/or imprisonment, based upon how much the applicable speed limit was exceeded.

2013-A1029 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1029

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to speeding  by
  an unlicensed driver

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

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1183 to read as follows:
  S 1183. SPEEDING BY AN UNLICENSED DRIVER. 1. SPEEDING BY AN UNLICENSED
DRIVER  IS HEREBY DECLARED A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED
IN THIS SECTION.
  2. EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF SPEEDING WHO DOES  NOT  HAVE  A  PROPERLY
ISSUED DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL BE PUNISHED AS FOLLOWS:
  (A)  WHERE THE COURT OR TRIBUNAL RECORDS OR ENTERS THAT THE SPEED UPON
WHICH THE CONVICTION WAS BASED EXCEEDED THE APPLICABLE  SPEED  LIMIT  BY
NOT  MORE  THAN  TEN  MILES  PER  HOUR,  BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS;
  (B) WHERE THE COURT OR TRIBUNAL RECORDS OR ENTERS THAT THE SPEED  UPON
WHICH  THE  CONVICTION  WAS BASED EXCEEDED THE APPLICABLE SPEED LIMIT BY
TEN MILES PER HOUR OR MORE BUT NOT MORE THAN THIRTY MILES PER HOUR, BY A
FINE OF NOT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS NOR MORE  THAN  ONE  THOUSAND
FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS,
OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT;
  (C) WHERE THE COURT OR TRIBUNAL RECORDS OR ENTERS THAT THE SPEED  UPON
WHICH  THE  CONVICTION  WAS BASED EXCEEDED THE APPLICABLE SPEED LIMIT BY
MORE THAN THIRTY MILES PER HOUR, BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BY IMPRISON-
MENT FOR NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH  FINE  AND  IMPRISON-
MENT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04331-01-3
              

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