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Mar 03, 2017 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S4859
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2017-S4859 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1193, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S3121
2011-2012: S634
2013-2014: S144
2015-2016: S238
2017-S4859 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4859 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to complete a drinking driver program as a condition of their sentence PURPOSE OF BILL : To ensure that a person convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs is mandated as a condition of his or her sentence to participate in the Drinking Driver Program and receive an evaluation conducted by an addiction professional from an Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services licensed program and require that the offender pay the cost of the program. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends the Vehicle and Traffic Law, Section 1193 (1), adds a new paragraph (h). Requires a defendant to complete a drinking driver program, where the court imposes a sentence for any violation of section eleven hundred ninety-two or section eleven hundred ninety-two-a of this article. Provides that such program shall be licensed by the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and
2017-S4859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4859 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. DIAZ, PARKER -- 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 requiring any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to complete a drinking driver program as a condition of their sentence THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1193 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows: (H) WHERE THE COURT IMPOSES A SENTENCE FOR ANY VIOLATION OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OR SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO-A OF THIS ARTICLE, THE COURT SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFENDANT, AS A CONDITION OF SUCH SENTENCE, TO COMPLETE A DRINKING DRIVER PROGRAM LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND TAUGHT BY A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROFESSIONAL WHO IS CREDENTIALED BY THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION 19.07 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, AND RECEIVE AN EVALUATION CONDUCTED BY THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROFES- SIONAL TEACHING THE PROGRAM. THE FEE FOR ATTENDING SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE PAID BY THE DEFENDANT. § 2. 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. LBD07205-01-7
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