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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S733
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 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
2015-S733 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1192, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S605
2011-2012: S949
2013-2014: S1512
2015-S733 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S733 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing the parameters of driving while ability impaired to include driving while ability affected by drugs PURPOSE : This bill increases the parameters of driving while ability impaired to include driving while ability is affected to any extent by the utilization of a drug. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends Subdivision 1 of section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 47 of the laws of 1988, to include the utilization of a drug under the category of driving while impaired. JUSTIFICATION : This bill would remedy a deficiency in the Vehicle and Traffic Law (VTL) which constitutes a significant number of cases each year. Section 1192 of the VTL is entitled "Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs". Section 1992.2 of the VTL provides that "no person shall operate a motor vehicle while such
2015-S733 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 733 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- 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 increasing the parameters of driving while ability impaired to include driving while ability affected by drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 47 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows: 1. Driving while ability impaired. No person shall operate a motor vehicle while the person's ability to operate such motor vehicle is: (A) impaired by the consumption of alcohol; OR (B) AFFECTED TO ANY EXTENT BY THE VOLUNTARY CONSUMPTION OR UTILIZATION OF A DRUG AS DEFINED IN THIS CHAPTER. 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 [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02546-01-5
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