LAWS OF NEW YORK, 2001
                               CHAPTER 468
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to reporting of
  certain incidents
   Became a law November 13, 2001, with the approval of the Governor.
          Passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present.
  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  two  new
sections 1240 and 1241 to read as follows:
  S  1240.  LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A WHEELED NON-MO-
TORIZED MEANS OF CONVEYANCE WITHOUT REPORTING IN THE SECOND  DEGREE.  1.
ANY PERSON AGE EIGHTEEN YEARS OR OLDER OPERATING A WHEELED NON-MOTORIZED
MEANS  OF  CONVEYANCE,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO BICYCLES, IN-LINE
SKATES, ROLLER SKATES AND SKATE BOARDS, WHO, KNOWING OR HAVING CAUSE  TO
KNOW,  THAT  PHYSICAL  INJURY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION
10.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, HAS BEEN CAUSED TO ANOTHER PERSON,  DUE  TO  THE
OPERATION  OF  SUCH  NON-MOTORIZED  MEANS  OF CONVEYANCE BY SUCH PERSON,
SHALL, BEFORE LEAVING THE PLACE WHERE THE SAID PHYSICAL INJURY OCCURRED,
STOP, AND PROVIDE HIS NAME AND RESIDENCE, INCLUDING  STREET  AND  STREET
NUMBER,  TO  THE INJURED PARTY, IF PRACTICAL, AND ALSO TO A POLICE OFFI-
CER, OR IN THE EVENT THAT NO POLICE OFFICER IS IN THE  VICINITY  OF  THE
PLACE  OF  SAID  INJURY,  THEN SUCH PERSON SHALL REPORT SAID INCIDENT AS
SOON AS PHYSICALLY ABLE TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION OR JUDICIAL  OFFI-
CER.
  2.  LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A WHEELED NON-MOTORIZED
MEANS  OF  CONVEYANCE  WITHOUT  REPORTING  IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  IS A
VIOLATION.
  S 1241.  LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A WHEELED  NON-MO-
TORIZED  MEANS  OF CONVEYANCE WITHOUT REPORTING IN THE FIRST DEGREE.  1.
ANY PERSON AGE EIGHTEEN YEARS OR OLDER OPERATING A WHEELED NON-MOTORIZED
MEANS OF CONVEYANCE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO  BICYCLES,  IN-LINE
SKATES,  ROLLER SKATES AND SKATE BOARDS, WHO, KNOWING OR HAVING CAUSE TO
KNOW, THAT SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY, AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  TEN  OF
SECTION  10.00  OF THE PENAL LAW, HAS BEEN CAUSED TO ANOTHER PERSON, DUE
TO THE OPERATION OF SUCH  NON-MOTORIZED  MEANS  OF  CONVEYANCE  BY  SUCH
PERSON,  SHALL, BEFORE LEAVING THE PLACE WHERE THE SAID SERIOUS PHYSICAL
INJURY OCCURRED, STOP, AND PROVIDE HIS  NAME  AND  RESIDENCE,  INCLUDING
STREET  AND  STREET NUMBER, TO THE INJURED PARTY, IF PRACTICAL, AND ALSO
TO A POLICE OFFICER, OR IN THE EVENT THAT NO POLICE OFFICER  IS  IN  THE
VICINITY OF THE PLACE OF SAID INJURY, THEN SUCH PERSON SHALL REPORT SAID
INCIDENT  AS  SOON  AS  PHYSICALLY ABLE TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION OR
JUDICIAL OFFICER.
  2. LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A WHEELED  NON-MOTORIZED
MEANS  OF  CONVEYANCE WITHOUT REPORTING IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS B
MISDEMEANOR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the  first  day  of  November  next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
The Legislature of the STATE OF NEW YORK SS:
  Pursuant  to  the authority vested in us by section 70-b of the Public
Officers Law, we hereby jointly certify that  this  slip  copy  of  this
session law was printed under our direction and, in accordance with such
section, is entitled to be read into evidence.
   JOSEPH L. BRUNO SHELDON SILVER
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY