A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to civil penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting.

By Council Members Van Bramer, Rodriguez, Chin, Deutsch, King, Koo, Levine, Rose, Vallone, Mendez, Richards, Dickens, Menchaca, Garodnick, Gentile, Crowley, Levin, Ferreras, Kallos, Greenfield, Constantinides, Miller, Dromm, Lander and Ulrich

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter one of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-191 to read as follows:

§ 19-191 Civil penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting. a. Except as provided in the vehicle and traffic law, in addition to or as an alternative to any penalties assessed thereunder, any driver who, knowing or having cause to know that damage has been caused to the real property or the personal property of another due to an incident involving the driver's motor vehicle, leaves the scene of an incident without complying with all of the provisions of paragraph a of subdivision one of section six hundred of the vehicle and traffic law, shall be liable for a civil penalty, recoverable at the environmental control board, of not more than five hundred dollars.

b. Except as provided in the vehicle and traffic law, in addition to or as an alternative to any penalties assessed thereunder, any driver who, knowing or having cause to know that physical injury has been caused to another person due to an incident involving the driver's motor vehicle, leaves the scene of an incident without complying with all of the provisions of paragraph a of subdivision two of section six hundred of the vehicle and traffic law, shall be liable for a civil penalty, recoverable at the environmental control board, of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, except where such injury is a serious physical injury, such driver shall be liable for a civil penalty, recoverable at the environmental control board, of not less than two thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, and where such injury results in death, such driver shall be liable for a civil penalty, recoverable at the environmental control board, of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars.

c. For purposes of this section, "physical injury" and "serious physical injury" shall have the same meaning as in section 10.00 of the penal law.

§ 2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after enactment.

LF/KET 9/15/14 9:25PM

LS # 1311 and 1514/2014