§ 19-191 Civil penalties for leaving the scene of an incident without reporting.
AC § 19-191
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 less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for the first violation and not less than one thousand dollars nor more than two thousand dollars for a second or subsequent violation. 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 for the first violation and not less than two thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for a second or subsequent violation, 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 for the first violation and not less than ten thousand dollars nor more than fifteen thousand dollars for a second or subsequent violation, 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 ten thousand dollars nor more than fifteen thousand dollars for the first violation and not less than fifteen thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars for a second or subsequent violation. 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. (Am. L.L. 2016/004, 1/5/2016, eff. 4/4/2016)
