Senate Bill S734

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Criminalizes the operation of a school bus by a person having any amount of alcohol in his or her blood and providing sanctions for violations

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S734 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A783
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง1192 & 1193, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5040, A7672
2017-2018: S1150, A2124
2019-2020: A4412
2021-2022: A1778
2023-2024: A4692

2015-S734 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Criminalizes the operation of a school bus by a person having any amount of alcohol in his or her blood and provides sanctions for violations.

2015-S734 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S734 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   734

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- 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  criminaliz-
  ing  the  operation  of  a school bus by a person having any amount of
  alcohol in his or her blood and providing sanctions for violations

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

  Section  1.  Section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
  6-A. SCHOOL BUSES: PER SE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION
ELEVEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-FIVE  OF THIS ARTICLE, NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A
SCHOOL BUS WHILE SUCH PERSON HAS ANY AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL IN  THE  PERSON'S
BLOOD  AS  SHOWN  BY  CHEMICAL  ANALYSIS OF SUCH PERSON'S BLOOD, BREATH,
URINE OR SALIVA, MADE PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN
HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S  2.  Subparagraph 4-a of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 and subpara-
graph 4-a of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 1193 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, subparagraph 4-a and paragraph (d) of subdivision 1
as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of 2006 and  subparagraph  4-a  of
paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  2 as added by chapter 26 of the laws of
1996, are amended to read as follows:
  (4-a) A violation of subdivision [two, three, four or four-a] SIX-A of
section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article wherein  the  violator
is operating a school bus as defined in section one hundred forty-two of
this  chapter  and  such  school  bus  is  carrying at least one student
passenger shall be a class E felony punishable by a  fine  of  not  less
than  one  thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or by a
period of imprisonment as provided in the penal law,  or  by  both  such
fine  and  imprisonment.  [A  violation  of subdivision two-a of section
eleven hundred ninety-two of this article wherein the violator is  oper-

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

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