Senate Bill S2917

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  2917

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 5, 2009
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Introduced  by Sens. DeFRANCISCO, ALESI, BONACIC, GRIFFO, LAVALLE, MORA-
  HAN, PADAVAN, SALAND, SEWARD, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered  print-
  ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
  tion

AN ACT to amend the navigation law, the parks, recreation  and  historic
  preservation  law  and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the
  effect of prior conviction for operation  of  certain  vehicles  while
  intoxicated upon imposition of penalties for boating while intoxicated

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
"Tiffany Heitkamp's law".
  S  2.  Section  49-a  of the navigation law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 14 to read as follows:
  14. EFFECT OF PRIOR CONVICTION FOR OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, SNOW-
MOBILE, OR ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF  ALCOHOL  OR
DRUGS.  A  PRIOR CONVICTION FOR OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE,  TWO,
THREE  OR  FOUR  OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND
TRAFFIC LAW, A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR  OPERATION  OF  A  SNOWMOBILE  ON  A
STREET OR HIGHWAY WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS PURSUANT
TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 25.24 OF THE PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTOR-
IC  PRESERVATION  LAW,  OR  A  PRIOR  CONVICTION FOR OPERATION OF AN ALL
TERRAIN VEHICLE WHILE IN AN INTOXICATED CONDITION OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF NARCOTICS OR DRUGS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW SHALL BE
DEEMED  TO  BE  A  PRIOR CONVICTION OF A VIOLATION OF ANY SUBDIVISION OF
THIS SECTION FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING PENALTIES IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO
PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO
BE  A  PRIOR CONVICTION OF A VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (B), (C), (D) OR (E)
OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING PENALTIES

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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IMPOSED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (F) OF  SUCH  SUBDIVISION,  AND  SHALL  BE
DEEMED  TO  BE  A PRIOR CONVICTION OF A VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH (B), (C),
(D) OR (E) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION FOR PURPOSES OF  DETERMIN-
ING PENALTIES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF
SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
  S 3.  Section 25.24 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation
law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
  4-A.  A  PRIOR  CONVICTION  FOR  OPERATION OF A VESSEL WHILE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION
FORTY-NINE-A  OF THE NAVIGATION LAW, A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR OPERATION OF
A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR  DRUGS  PURSUANT
TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE, TWO, THREE OR FOUR OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINE-
TY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR  OPERA-
TION  OF  AN  ALL  TERRAIN  VEHICLE WHILE IN AN INTOXICATED CONDITION OR
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS OR DRUGS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (H)  OF
SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THE VEHICLE AND
TRAFFIC LAW SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A PRIOR CONVICTION OF  PARAGRAPH  (B),
(C), OR (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION OR OF OPERATING A SNOWMO-
BILE  WHILE  INTOXICATED OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS FOR PURPOSES OF
DETERMINING PENALTIES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E)  OF  SUBDIVISION
ONE  OF THIS SECTION AND SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVI-
SION TWO OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A  PRIOR  CONVICTION
OF  ANY  PARAGRAPH  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR PURPOSES OF
DETERMINING PENALTIES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH ONE AND  SUBPARA-
GRAPH TWO OF PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION.
  S  4. Section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 8-b to read as follows:
  8-B. EFFECT OF PRIOR CONVICTION FOR OPERATION OF A VESSEL, SNOWMOBILE,
OR ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS.  A
PRIOR  CONVICTION FOR OPERATION OF A VESSEL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
ALCOHOL OR DRUGS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FORTY-NINE-A  OF
THE  NAVIGATION LAW, A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR OPERATION OF A SNOWMOBILE ON
A STREET OR HIGHWAY WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS PURSU-
ANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 25.24 OF  THE  PARKS,  RECREATION  AND
HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW, OR A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR OPERATION OF AN ALL
TERRAIN VEHICLE WHILE IN AN INTOXICATED CONDITION OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF  NARCOTICS  OR  DRUGS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (H) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A
PRIOR CONVICTION OF A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION  FOR
PURPOSES  OF  DETERMINING  PENALTIES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR
FOR PURPOSES OF ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN  PURSUANT
TO  SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THIS ARTI-
CLE.
  S 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law and shall apply to convictions  occurring  on
and after such date.