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Jun 03, 2014 |
held for consideration in transportation |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to transportation |
May 23, 2013 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A7539
2013-2014 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
2013-A7539 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A7539 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs; provides that no person shall operate a vessel while such person has .18 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in such person's blood as shown by chemical analysis of such person's blood, breath, urine or saliva.
2013-A7539 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7539 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 23, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3, 5, paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 and subdivision 11 of section 49-a of the navigation law, as added by chap- ter 805 of the laws of 1992, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 151 of the laws of 2006 and subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 599 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows: 2. Offenses: criminal penalties. (a) No person shall operate a vessel upon the waters of the state while his OR HER ability to operate such vessel is impaired by the consumption of alcohol. A violation of this [subdivision] PARAGRAPH shall be an offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail for not more than fifteen days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A person who operates a vessel in violation of this [subdivision] PARAGRAPH after being convicted of a violation of any [subdivision] PARAGRAPH of this [section] SUBDIVISION within the preceding five years shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than thirty days in a penitentiary or county jail or by both such fine and imprisonment. A person who operates a vessel in violation of this [subdivision] PARA- GRAPH after being convicted two or more times of a violation of any [subdivision] PARAGRAPH of this [section] SUBDIVISION within the preced- ing ten years shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than fifteen hundred dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than one hundred EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10988-01-3
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