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Senate Bill S5289

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to complete a drinking driver program as a condition of their sentence

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2009-S5289 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7663
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1193, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A5921

2009-S5289 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to complete a drinking driver program as a condition of their sentence.

2009-S5289 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5289 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5289

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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  requiring
  any  person  convicted  of  operating  a motor vehicle while under the
  influence of alcohol or drugs to complete a drinking driver program as
  a condition of their sentence

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 1193 of the vehicle and traffic
law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
  (G) WHERE THE COURT IMPOSES A SENTENCE FOR ANY  VIOLATION  OF  SECTION
ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OR SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO-A OF THIS
ARTICLE,  THE  COURT SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFENDANT, AS A CONDITION OF SUCH
SENTENCE, TO COMPLETE A DRINKING DRIVER PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE  COMMIS-
SIONER, AND RECEIVE AN EVALUATION BY A PROGRAM LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF
ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
  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.
                                                           LBD03914-01-9

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