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Feb 22, 2023 | referred to transportation |
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4692 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 22, 2023 ___________ 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. LBD09463-01-3