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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S786
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 7th 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2015-S786 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Navigation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง49-a, Nav L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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S6405
2015-S786 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs; provides that no person shall operate a vessel while such person has .18 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in such person's blood as shown by chemical analysis of such person's blood, breath, urine or saliva.
2015-S786 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S786 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the navigation law, in relation to operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs PURPOSE: This bill updates provisions of the Navigation Law to be consistent with the Vehicle and Traffic Law including aggravated BWI (.18 BAC), operating with a child passenger, and operating under the combined influence of drugs and alcohol SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 49-a of the Navigation Law to add provisions prohibiting aggravated BWI (.18 blood alcohol content), operating intoxicated with a child passenger, as well as operating under the combined influence of drugs and alcohol. Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect 180 days after it shall have become law. EXISTING LAW:
2015-S786 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 786 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3, 5, paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 and subdivision 11 of section 49-a of the navigation law, as added by chap- ter 805 of the laws of 1992, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 151 of the laws of 2006 and subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 599 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows: 2. Offenses: criminal penalties. (a) No person shall operate a vessel upon the waters of the state while his OR HER ability to operate such vessel is impaired by the consumption of alcohol. A violation of this [subdivision] PARAGRAPH shall be an offense 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 vessel in violation of this [subdivision] PARAGRAPH after being convicted of a violation of any [subdivision] PARAGRAPH of this [section] SUBDIVISION within the preceding five years shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than thirty days in a penitentiary or county jail or by both such fine and imprisonment. A person who operates a vessel in violation of this [subdivision] PARA- GRAPH after being convicted two or more times of a violation of any [subdivision] PARAGRAPH of this [section] SUBDIVISION within the preced- ing ten years shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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