Assembly Actions -
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May 02, 2012 |
referred to codes |
May 01, 2012 |
delivered to assembly passed senate |
Apr 25, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 19, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 18, 2012 |
1st report cal.498 |
Mar 08, 2012 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S6673
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Votes
2011-S6673 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §60.20, Pen L
2011-S6673 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6673 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to authority to impose a sentence of a fine and conditional discharge upon conviction for the offense of driving while ability impaired This is one in a series of measures being introduced at the request of the Chief Administrative Judge upon the recommendation of her Local Courts Advisory Committee. This measure amends the Penal Law to authorize the imposition of a fine and conditional discharge upon conviction f9r the offense of driving while ability impaired. Section 1192(1) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law makes it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle while "the person's ability to operate such motor vehicle is impaired by the consumption of alcohol." Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192(1). Violation of this provision is a traffic infraction and punishable by a fine in an amount between $300 and $500 or by imprisonment of 15 days, or by both a fine and imprisonment. See Vehicle and Traffic Law §1193(1)(a). Section 60.20 of the Penal Law sets forth the sentences that are to be imposed upon the conviction of a traffic infraction. The sentences
2011-S6673 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6673 I N S E N A T E March 8, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAND -- (at request of the Office of Court Adminis- tration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to authority to impose a sentence of a fine and conditional discharge upon conviction for the offense of driving while ability impaired THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of section 60.20 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 477 of the laws of 1970, are amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows: (c) A fine or a sentence to a term of imprisonment, or both, as prescribed in and authorized by the provision that defines the infrac- tion; [or] (d) A sentence of intermittent imprisonment, as provided in article eighty-five[.]; OR (E) UPON A CONVICTION UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, A FINE OR A SENTENCE TO A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT, OR BOTH AS PRESCRIBED IN THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND A PERIOD OF CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE, AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE SIXTY-FIVE. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14135-01-2
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