Assembly Bill A2885

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires certain vehicles to be equipped with an ignition interlock device

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A2885 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง379, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2452
2011-2012: A1215
2015-2016: A6446
2017-2018: A3371
2019-2020: A2929

2013-A2885 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain vehicles to be equipped with an ignition interlock device, including vehicles transporting hazardous materials, commercial vehicles over 18,000 pounds, and public mass transportation vehicles.

2013-A2885 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2885

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, CLARK, ROBINSON, GALEF, BOYLAND, CASTRO,
  HOOPER, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  COLTON,  CRESPO,
  HIKIND,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on
  Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  certain vehicles to be equipped with ignition interlock devices

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 379 to read as follows:
  S  379.  IGNITION  INTERLOCK DEVICE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES.  1.
ANY MOTOR VEHICLE DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED
SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE AND ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLE WHICH HAS
A  GROSS  COMBINED  WEIGHT  OF EIGHTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS OR MORE, AND ANY
MOTOR VEHICLE ENGAGED IN PUBLIC MASS TRANSPORTATION SUCH AS A PUBLIC BUS
OR A SCHOOL BUS, SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE  AS
DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
  2. A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY RULE
OR  REGULATION  PROMULGATED  HEREUNDER  SHALL  CONSTITUTE  A MISDEMEANOR
PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS  FOR  A  FIRST
OFFENSE,  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  DOLLARS  FOR A SECOND OFFENSE, OR SEVEN
HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE,  OR  BY  IMPRISONMENT
FOR NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS, OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall have become a law, provided, however, that the commissioner of
the department of motor vehicles is authorized to immediately promulgate
any rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this
act on or before the effective date of this act.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07030-01-3

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