Assembly Bill A2929

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring certain vehicles to be equipped with an ignition interlock device

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A2929 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §379, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2452
2011-2012: A1215
2013-2014: A2885
2015-2016: A6446
2017-2018: A3371

2019-A2929 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain vehicles to be equipped with an ignition interlock device, including vehicles transporting hazardous materials, commercial vehicles over 18,000 pounds, and public mass transportation vehicles.

2019-A2929 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2929
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, GALEF, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
   of A. COLTON, CRESPO -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   certain vehicles to be equipped with ignition interlock devices

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
 section 379 to read as follows:
   § 379. IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN  VEHICLES.    1.
 ANY  MOTOR VEHICLE DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE AND ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLE WHICH HAS
 A GROSS COMBINED WEIGHT OF EIGHTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS  OR  MORE,  AND  ANY
 MOTOR VEHICLE ENGAGED IN PUBLIC MASS TRANSPORTATION SUCH AS A PUBLIC BUS
 OR  A SCHOOL BUS, SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2. A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY RULE
 OR REGULATION  PROMULGATED  HEREUNDER  SHALL  CONSTITUTE  A  MISDEMEANOR
 PUNISHABLE  BY  A  FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A FIRST
 OFFENSE, THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR  A  SECOND  OFFENSE,  OR  SEVEN
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  DOLLARS  FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, OR BY IMPRISONMENT
 FOR NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS, OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such date.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07244-01-9

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