N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 511-d: Aggravated failure to answer appearance tickets or pay fines imposed

§ 511-d. Aggravated failure to answer appearance tickets or pay fines

imposed. 1. A person is guilty of the offense of aggravated failure to

answer appearance tickets or pay fines imposed when such person has in

effect twenty or more suspensions, imposed on at least twenty separate

dates, for failure to answer, appear or pay a fine pursuant to

subdivision three of section two hundred twenty-six or subdivision

four-a of section five hundred ten of this chapter.

2. A person may be prosecuted for a violation of this section in any

court of competent jurisdiction in any county: (a) in which more than

ten tickets which resulted in suspension for failures to answer, appear

or pay fines were issued, or (b) in which the twentieth or any

subsequent ticket which resulted in a suspension for failure to answer,

appear or pay a fine was issued. The provisions of this subdivision

shall not apply to any suspension which has been terminated prior to the

defendant's being charged with a violation of this section.

3. Aggravated failure to answer appearance tickets or pay fines

imposed is a misdemeanor. When a person is convicted of this crime, the

sentence of the court must be: (i) a fine of not less than five hundred

dollars; or (ii) a term of imprisonment of not more than one hundred

eighty days; or (iii) both such fine and imprisonment.