STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3083 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the penalty for unlawfully fleeing a uniformed officer of the New York city taxi and limousine commission The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision l of section 19-506 of the administrative code 2 of the city of New York, as added by chapter 9 of the laws of 2012, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 l. A person is guilty of [unlawful] unlawfully fleeing [a New York 5 city taxi and limousine] an enforcement officer of the commission or a 6 police officer when, knowing that he or she has been directed to remain 7 stopped by [a New York city taxi and limousine] an enforcement officer 8 of the commission or a police officer, the driver of a vehicle [operat- 9 ing pursuant to a HAIL license who is stopped in a zone where he or she 10 is not permitted to pick up street hails] licensed by the commission 11 thereafter attempts to flee such officer on foot or by setting the vehi- 12 cle in motion and either [travels] travelling over three hundred feet 13 without stopping or [engages] engaging in conduct constituting reckless 14 driving as defined in section twelve hundred twelve of the vehicle and 15 traffic law. [Unlawful] Unlawfully fleeing [a New York city taxi and 16 limousine] an enforcement officer of the commission or a police officer 17 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than seven hundred 18 fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment of 19 not more than ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment. 20 Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, any charge alleging a 21 violation of this subdivision shall be returnable before a court having 22 jurisdiction over misdemeanors. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07507-01-3