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Assembly Bill A5079

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the compensation for injury or damage caused by the intoxication or impairment of ability of a person under the age of twenty-one years

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2019-A5079 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1666
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-100, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10419, S8097
2021-2022: A2143, S6400

2019-A5079 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the compensation for injury or damage caused by the intoxication or impairment of ability of a person under the age of twenty-one years; defines impairment of ability.

2019-A5079 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5079
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, D'URSO, GALEF, DiPIETRO, RAIA, McDO-
   NOUGH,  GOTTFRIED,  GIGLIO,  RIVERA  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to the  compen-
   sation  for  injury or damage caused by the intoxication or impairment
   of ability of a person under the age of twenty-one years
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The section heading of section 11-100 of the general obli-
 gations law, as amended by chapter 274 of the laws of 1985,  is  amended
 and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
   Compensation  for  injury  or  damage  caused  by  the intoxication OR
 IMPAIRMENT OF ABILITY of a person under the age of twenty-one years.
   5. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  "IMPAIRMENT  OF  ABILITY"  SHALL
 MEAN  THE  USE OF ANY DRUG OR SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHEDULE I, II, III OR
 IV OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06905-01-9

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