Motor vehicle accidents-serious bodily injury.

WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0522

SENATE FILE
NO.

SF0129

Motor vehicle accidents-serious bodily injury.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Landen, Perkins and Peterson and Representative(s) Harvey, Reeder and Walters

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
motor vehicles; providing an additional penalty for violations resulting in serious bodily injury or death;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 31
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5
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1201
by creating a new subsection (h)
is amended to read:

31
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5
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1201.

Violation of provisions to constitute misdemeanor; penalties.

(h)

In addition to any other penalty, if any person is convicted of a moving violation under this act, except
a
conviction under W.S.
6
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2
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106 or
31
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5
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233(h), which results in the death or serious bodily injury of another person,
the court may
determine to impose an additional penalty as provided under this subsection. If
a court determines to impose an
additional penalty the person shall be punished by
an additional fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), an additional term of imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both
. A
ny additional term of imprisonment
imposed
under this subsection shall not extend the total term of imprisonment
to more than
one (1) year
for any one (1) violation
.
As used in this subsection "serious bodily injury" means as defined in
W.S.
31
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5
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233(
h).

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2013.

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