Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to transportation |
Apr 12, 2011 |
print number 848a |
Apr 12, 2011 |
amend and recommit to transportation |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A848
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEISENBERG
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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Mike Spano
Alan Maisel
Eric Stevenson
multi-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Vanessa Gibson
Peter Rivera
Robert Sweeney
2011-A848 - Details
2011-A848 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 848 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the defi- nitions of the terms "impaired" and "intoxication" for the purposes of such law THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 119-b of the vehicle and traffic law is renumbered 119-c and a new section 119-b is added to read as follows: S 119-B. IMPAIRED. IMPAIRMENT IS REACHED WHEN A DRIVER HAS VOLUNTARILY CONSUMED OR INGESTED A SUBSTANCE OR COMBINATION OF SUBSTANCES TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DRIVER HAS IMPAIRED, TO ANY EXTENT, THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES WHICH A DRIVER IS EXPECTED TO POSSESS IN ORDER TO OPER- ATE A VEHICLE AS A REASONABLE AND PRUDENT DRIVER. S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 120-a to read as follows: S 120-A. INTOXICATION. INTOXICATION IS A GREATER DEGREE OF IMPAIRMENT WHICH IS REACHED WHEN A DRIVER HAS VOLUNTARILY CONSUMED OR INGESTED A SUBSTANCE OR COMBINATION OF SUBSTANCES TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DRIVER IS INCAPABLE OF EMPLOYING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES WHICH A DRIVER IS EXPECTED TO POSSESS IN ORDER TO OPERATE A VEHICLE AS A REASONABLE AND PRUDENT DRIVER. S 3. 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. LBD00099-01-1
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Mike Spano
Alan Maisel
Eric Stevenson
multi-Sponsors
Jeffrion Aubry
Sandy Galef
Vanessa Gibson
Peter Rivera
2011-A848A (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A848A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 848--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEISENBERG, COLTON, SPANO, MAISEL, STEVENSON, SCHIMEL, ZEBROWSKI, LAVINE, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, GIBSON, P. RIVERA, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the defi- nitions of the terms "impaired" and "intoxication" for the purposes of such law THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 119-b of the vehicle and traffic law is renumbered 119-c and a new section 119-b is added to read as follows: S 119-B. IMPAIRED. IMPAIRMENT IS REACHED WHEN A DRIVER HAS VOLUNTARILY CONSUMED OR INGESTED A SUBSTANCE OR COMBINATION OF SUBSTANCES TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DRIVER HAS IMPAIRED, TO ANY EXTENT, THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES WHICH A DRIVER IS EXPECTED TO POSSESS IN ORDER TO OPER- ATE A VEHICLE AS A REASONABLE AND PRUDENT DRIVER. S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 120-a to read as follows: S 120-A. INTOXICATION. INTOXICATION IS A GREATER DEGREE OF IMPAIRMENT WHICH IS REACHED WHEN A DRIVER HAS VOLUNTARILY CONSUMED OR INGESTED A SUBSTANCE OR COMBINATION OF SUBSTANCES TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DRIVER IS INCAPABLE OF EMPLOYING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES WHICH A DRIVER IS EXPECTED TO POSSESS IN ORDER TO OPERATE A VEHICLE AS A REASONABLE AND PRUDENT DRIVER. S 3. Section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows: 13. IT SHALL BE AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO A CHARGE UNDER ANY SUBDIVI- SION OF THIS SECTION THAT THE OPERATOR NEITHER KNEW NOR HAD REASON TO KNOW OF THE IMPAIRING NATURE OF THE SUBSTANCE OR COMBINATION OF EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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