HB0830 - Tennessee: Criminal Offenses, Criminal Procedure, Motor Vehicles

Companion Bill SB0049. Criminal Offenses - Imposes mandatory five-year sentence for leaving the scene of an accident involving death. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 10. Fiscal Summary for HB0830 / *SB0049Increase State Expenditures - $103,300 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for HB0830 / *SB0049 Under present law, it is an offense for a driver who is involved in a traffic accident that causes personal injury or death to fail to remain at the scene of the accident until having met all other lawful obligations arising from the accident. Failing to remain is a Class A misdemeanor unless the driver reasonably should have known that the accident caused a death, in which case the penalty is a Class E felony. This bill enhances the punishment for the above offense in the case of a violator who reasonably should have known that a death had [...]

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