Senate Bill S3901

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to paying drug-impaired driving surcharges to counties to reduce drug-impaired driving incidences

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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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2021-S3901 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9985
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1197, 1803, 1809-c & 1809-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7810, A10074
2023-2024: S2712, A4755

2021-S3901 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Pays drug-impaired driving surcharges to counties for programs and initiatives to reduce drug-impaired driving incidences.

2021-S3901 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3901 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3901
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 paying drug-
   impaired driving surcharges to counties to reduce drug-impaired  driv-
   ing incidences

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1197 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 196  and  688  of
 the  laws  of  1996  and subparagraph 3 as amended by chapter 345 of the
 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Where a county establishes a special traffic options  program  for
 driving  while  intoxicated,  pursuant to this section, it shall receive
 fines and forfeitures collected by any court, judge, magistrate or other
 officer within that county,  including,  where  appropriate,  a  hearing
 officer  acting  on  behalf  of  the  commissioner[,]:  (1)  imposed for
 violations of subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of  subdivi-
 sion  two  or  subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision three of
 section five hundred eleven of this chapter; (2) imposed  in  accordance
 with  the  provisions  of  section eleven hundred ninety-three and civil
 penalties imposed pursuant to subdivision two of section eleven  hundred
 ninety-four-a  of  this article, including, where appropriate, a hearing
 officer acting  on  behalf  of  the  commissioner,  from  violations  of
 sections  eleven  hundred  ninety-two,  eleven  hundred ninety-two-a and
 findings made under section eleven hundred ninety-four-a of  this  arti-
 cle;  and  (3)  imposed  upon  a  conviction  for:  aggravated vehicular
 assault, pursuant to  section  120.04-a  of  the  penal  law;  vehicular
 assault  in  the  first  degree, pursuant to section 120.04 of the penal
 law; vehicular assault in the second degree, pursuant to section  120.03
 of  the  penal  law;  aggravated vehicular homicide, pursuant to section
 125.14 of the penal law; vehicular manslaughter  in  the  first  degree,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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