S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5117
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. LIU -- 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 lowering the
blood alcohol concentration required for driving while intoxicated
from .08 of one per centum to .05, and for aggravated driving while
intoxicated from .18 of one per centum to .12
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2, paragraph (a) of subdivision 2-a, subdivi-
sion 5 and subdivision 6 of section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 3 of the laws of 2002, paragraph (a)
of subdivision 2-a as amended by chapter 496 of the laws of 2009 and
subdivisions 5 and 6 as amended by chapter 236 of the laws of 2003, are
amended to read as follows:
2. Driving while intoxicated; per se. No person shall operate a motor
vehicle while such person has [.08] .05 of one per centum or more by
weight 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.
(a) Per se. No person shall operate a motor vehicle while such person
has [.18] .12 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in such
person's blood as shown by chemical analysis of such person's blood,
breath, urine or saliva made pursuant to the provisions of section elev-
en hundred ninety-four of this article.
5. Commercial motor vehicles: per se - level I. Notwithstanding the
provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-five of this article, no
person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle while such person has
.04 of one per centum or more but not more than [.06] .05 of one per
centum by weight 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;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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provided, however, nothing contained in this subdivision shall prohibit
the imposition of a charge of a violation of subdivision one of this
section, or of section eleven hundred ninety-two-a of this article where
a person under the age of twenty-one operates a commercial motor vehicle
where a chemical analysis of such person's blood, breath, urine, or
saliva, made pursuant to the provisions of section eleven hundred nine-
ty-four of this article, indicates that such operator has .02 of one per
centum or more but less than .04 of one per centum by weight of alcohol
in such operator's blood.
6. Commercial motor vehicles; per se - level II. Notwithstanding the
provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-five of this article, no
person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle while such person has
more than [.06] .05 of one per centum [but less than .08 of one per
centum] by weight 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;
provided, however, nothing contained in this subdivision shall prohibit
the imposition of a charge of a violation of subdivision one of this
section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.