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Assembly Bill A8762

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health to study the effectiveness and accuracy of devices used to estimate blood alcohol content by law enforcement agencies

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2019-A8762 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8842
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Health, Commissioner of
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A2613
2023-2024: A189
2025-2026: A2529

2019-A8762 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to study the effectiveness and accuracy of devices used to estimate blood alcohol content by law enforcement agencies.

2019-A8762 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8762
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  directing the commissioner of health to study the effectiveness
   and accuracy of devices used to estimate blood alcohol content by  law
   enforcement agencies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of health is authorized  and  directed  to
 study  the  effectiveness and accuracy of devices used to estimate blood
 alcohol content by law enforcement agencies. Such study  shall  include,
 but not be limited to:
   (a) which devices are used by law enforcement agencies;
   (b) the accuracy of devices used by law enforcement agencies;
   (c)  the margin of error for devices which are used by law enforcement
 agencies;
   (d) the likelihood of an inaccurate reading; and
   (e) any other related  information  that  the  commissioner  may  deem
 necessary or relevant in carrying out this study.
   §  2.  The  commissioner of health shall make a report to the governor
 and the legislature of his or her findings, conclusions and  recommenda-
 tions  no  later  than one year after the effective date of this act and
 shall submit with this report such legislative  proposals  as  it  deems
 necessary to implement its recommendations.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14143-01-9

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