Assembly Actions -
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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jan 11, 2011 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S1660
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S1660 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S1660 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Increases penalties for driving while ability impaired for a person having been convicted of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol within the preceding five years to a misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine of not less than $750.00 nor more than $1000.00 or by imprisonment of not more than 90 days; increases penalties for driving while ability impaired for a person having been convicted two or more times of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol within the preceding 10 years to a misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine of not less than $1000.00 nor more than $2000.00 or imprisonment of not more than 180 days.
2011-S1660 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1660 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the penalties for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The bill would amend the executive law by increasing the penalties for driving while ability impaired. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The bill makes a second violation of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle traffic law a misdemeanor and includes increases in the amounts for which a fine can be imposed for repeat violations. EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER: The bill amends the vehicle and traffic law by making a second violation of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law a misdemeanor and increasing the amount that can be imposed as a fine. The bill also increase the amount imposed as a fine for a third or any subsequent violations of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law.
2011-S1660 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1660 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the penal- ties for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alco- hol or drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1193 of the vehi- cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: (a) Driving while ability impaired. A violation of subdivision one of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article shall be a traffic infraction and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail for not more than fifteen days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A person who operates a vehicle in violation of such subdivision after having been convicted of a violation of any subdivision of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article within the preceding five years shall be GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND SHALL BE punished by a fine of not less than [five] SEVEN hundred FIFTY dollars nor more than [seven hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars, or by impri- sonment of not more than [thirty] NINETY days in a penitentiary or coun- ty jail or by both such fine and imprisonment. A person who operates a vehicle in violation of such subdivision after having been convicted two or more times of a violation of any subdivision of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article within the preceding ten years shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than [seven hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars nor more than [fifteen hundred] TWO THOUSAND dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than one hundred eighty days in a penitentiary or county jail or by both such fine and imprisonment. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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