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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jan 25, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A3397
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MAISEL
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
co-Sponsors
Eric Stevenson
multi-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
2011-A3397 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A3397 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Expands the definition of "drug", for the purposes of the vehicle and traffic law, to include inhalants and glues containing a solvent which releases toxic vapors and fumes; provides that the expansion of such definition expands the substances upon which a charge of the misdemeanor of driving while impaired by drugs may be based.
2011-A3397 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3397 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 25, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAISEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the defi- nition of "drug" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 114-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 163 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows: S 114-a. Drug. The term "drug" when used in this chapter, means and includes any substance listed in section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law, AND ANY HAZARDOUS INHALANTS AND GLUE CONTAINING A SOLVENT HAVING THE PROPERTY OF RELEASING TOXIC VAPORS AND FUMES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY OF SUCH LAW. S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 509-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: (5) drug shall mean any substance listed in section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law not dispensed or consumed pursuant to a lawful prescription, AND ANY HAZARDOUS INHALANTS AND GLUE CONTAIN- ING A SOLVENT HAVING THE PROPERTY OF RELEASING TOXIC VAPORS AND FUMES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY OF SUCH LAW; S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 510-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 13 of part E of chapter 60 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1. Revocation. A commercial driver's license shall be revoked by the commissioner whenever the holder is convicted within or outside of this state (a) of a felony involving the use of a motor vehicle except a felony as described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision; (b) of a felo- ny involving manufacturing, distributing or dispensing a drug [as defined in], WHICH, NOTWITHSTANDING section one hundred fourteen-a of this chapter, SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE ANY SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, or possession of any EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02624-01-1
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