(a)
- (1) In this section, “vessel” means any watercraft that is used or is capable of being used as a means of transportation on water or ice.
- (2) “Vessel” does not include a seaplane.
- (b) A person may not cause a life-threatening injury to another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner.
(c) For the purpose of this section, a person acts in a criminally negligent manner with respect to a result or a circumstance when:
- (1) the person should be aware, but fails to perceive, that the person's conduct creates a substantial and unjustifiable risk that such a result will occur; and
- (2) the failure to perceive constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that would be exercised by a reasonable person.
- (d) It is not a violation of this section for a person to cause a life-threatening injury to another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel in a negligent manner.
- (e) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
Added by Acts 2021, c. 144, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021.