§ 601 — Leaving scene of injury to certain animals without reporting

§ 601. Leaving scene of injury to certain animals without reporting.\nAny person operating a motor vehicle which shall strike and injure any\nhorse, dog, cat or animal classified as cattle shall stop and endeavor\nto locate the owner or custodian of such animal or a police, peace or\njudicial officer of the vicinity, and take any other reasonable and\nappropriate action so that the animal may have necessary attention, and\nshall also promptly report the matter to such owner, custodian or\nofficer (or if no one of such has been located, then to a police officer\nof some other nearby community), exhibiting his or her license and\ninsurance identification card for such vehicle, when such card is\nrequired pursuant to articles six and eight of this chapter, giving his\nor her name and residence, including street and street number, insurance\ncarrier and insurance identification information and license number. In\naddition to the foregoing, any such person shall also: (i) (A) produce\nthe proof of insurance coverage required pursuant to article\nforty-four-B of this chapter if such person is a TNC driver operating a\nTNC vehicle at the time of the incident who was (1) logged on to the\nTNC's digital network but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (2)\nwas engaged in a TNC prearranged trip; and (B) disclose whether he or\nshe, at the time such incident occurred, was (1) logged on to the TNC's\ndigital network but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (2) was\nengaged in a TNC prearranged trip, or (ii) (A) produce the proof of\ninsurance coverage required pursuant to article forty of the general\nbusiness law if such person is a shared vehicle owner or shared vehicle\ndriver operating a shared vehicle during a peer-to-peer car sharing\nperiod while the incident occurred; and (B) disclose whether he or she,\nat the time such incident occurred, was operating a shared vehicle\nduring a peer-to-peer car sharing period. Violation of this section\nshall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for a\nfirst offense and by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one\nhundred fifty dollars for a second offense and each subsequent offense;\nprovided, however where the animal that has been struck and injured is a\nguide dog, hearing dog or service dog, as such terms are defined in\nsection forty-seven-b of the civil rights law which is actually engaged\nin aiding or guiding a person with a disability, a violation of this\nsection shall be punishable by a fine of not less than fifty nor more\nthan one hundred fifty dollars for a first offense and by a fine of not\nless than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars\nfor a second offense and each subsequent offense.\n