Assembly Bill A1778

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Criminalizes the operation of a school bus by a person having any amount of alcohol in his or her blood and providing sanctions for violations

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  • 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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2021-A1778 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1192 & 1193, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7672
2015-2016: A783
2017-2018: A2124
2019-2020: A4412
2023-2024: A4692

2021-A1778 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Criminalizes the operation of a school bus by a person having any amount of alcohol in his or her blood and provides sanctions for violations.

2021-A1778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1778
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  criminaliz-
   ing  the  operation  of  a school bus by a person having any amount of
   alcohol in his or her blood and providing sanctions for violations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
   6-A. SCHOOL BUSES: PER SE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION
 ELEVEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-FIVE  OF THIS ARTICLE, NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A
 SCHOOL BUS WHILE SUCH PERSON HAS ANY AMOUNT 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.
   §  2.  Subparagraph 4-a of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 and subpara-
 graph 4-a of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 1193 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, subparagraph 4-a of paragraph (d) of subdivision  1
 as  amended  by  chapter 732 of the laws of 2006 and subparagraph 4-a of
 paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 as added by chapter 26  of  the  laws  of
 1996, are amended to read as follows:
   (4-a) A violation of subdivision [two, three, four or four-a] SIX-A of
 section  eleven  hundred ninety-two of this article wherein the violator
 is operating a school bus as defined in section one hundred forty-two of
 this chapter and such school  bus  is  carrying  at  least  one  student
 passenger  shall  be  a  class E felony punishable by a fine of not less
 than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or  by  a
 period  of  imprisonment  as  provided in the penal law, or by both such
 fine and imprisonment. [A violation  of  subdivision  two-a  of  section
 eleven  hundred ninety-two of this article wherein the violator is oper-
 ating a school bus as defined in section one hundred forty-two  of  this

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

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