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Assembly Bill A5245

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for drug and alcohol testing of school bus drivers and when circumstances, such as accidents, dictate a more thorough investigation and review

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2013-A5245 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง509-g, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7896
2011-2012: A3271, A8941
2015-2016: A2833
2017-2018: A7315

2013-A5245 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for drug and alcohol testing of school bus drivers during the required biennial medical examination and when circumstances, including but not limited to accidents, dictate a more thorough investigation and review pursuant to regulations issued by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

2013-A5245 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5245

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 21, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, WEISENBERG, GABRYSZAK, COOK, GALEF, BENE-
  DETTO,  BARRON,  ROBINSON,  CASTRO, MAISEL, McKEVITT, ORTIZ, MILLER --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.    of  A.  CAHILL,  CURRAN,  FINCH,  GOODELL,
  HAWLEY,  HOOPER, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO, TENNEY, THIELE -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  drug  and
  alcohol testing of school bus drivers

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 509-g of the vehicle  and  traffic
law,  as  amended by chapter 149 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read
as follows:
  1. A biennial examination pursuant to regulations established  by  the
commissioner,  by  a  physician,  a  certified nurse practitioner to the
extent authorized by law and consistent with the written practice agree-
ment pursuant to subdivision three of section six thousand nine  hundred
two of the education law, or a registered physician assistant who is not
the personal physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant of the
driver.  Included  shall be a requirement to conduct a vision test AND A
TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF DRUGS AND/OR ALCOHOLIC CONTENT IN THE  DRIVER'S
BLOOD  AND  WHEN  CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACCIDENTS,
DICTATE A MORE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW pursuant to regulations
issued by the commissioner.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04381-01-3

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