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Assembly Bill A2629

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases penalties for driving while ability impaired

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2019-A2629 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1193, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7615
2013-2014: A1435
2015-2016: A1095
2017-2018: A70

2019-A2629 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases penalties for driving while ability impaired for a person having been convicted of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol within the preceding five years to a misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine of not less than $750.00 nor more than $1000.00 or by imprisonment of not more than 90 days; increases penalties for driving while ability impaired for a person having been convicted two or more times of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol within the preceding 10 years to a misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine of not less than $1000.00 nor more than $2000.00 or imprisonment of not more than 180 days.

2019-A2629 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2629
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  penal-
   ties  for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alco-
   hol or drugs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1193 of the vehi-
 cle  and  traffic  law, as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 1994, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) Driving while ability impaired. A violation of subdivision one  of
 section  eleven  hundred  ninety-two  of this article shall be a traffic
 infraction 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 vehicle in violation
 of  such  subdivision  after having been convicted of a violation of any
 subdivision of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article  within
 the  preceding five years shall be GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND SHALL BE
 punished by a fine of not less than [five] SEVEN hundred  FIFTY  dollars
 nor  more  than [seven hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars, or by impri-
 sonment of not more than [thirty] NINETY days in a penitentiary or coun-
 ty jail or by both such fine and imprisonment. A person who  operates  a
 vehicle in violation of such subdivision after having been convicted two
 or  more  times  of  a  violation  of  any subdivision of section eleven
 hundred ninety-two of this article within the preceding ten years  shall
 be  guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less
 than [seven hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars nor more  than  [fifteen
 hundred]  TWO  THOUSAND dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than one
 hundred eighty days in a penitentiary or county jail  or  by  both  such
 fine and imprisonment.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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