Senate Bill S8391

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the penalties for operating a snowmobile while intoxicated

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation 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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2023-S8391 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1479
Current Committee:
Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §25.24, Pks & Rec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10215
2021-2022: A2369

2023-S8391 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the penalties for operating a snowmobile while intoxicated, doubles penalties for operators having .16 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood, breath, urine, or saliva, and includes other operating while intoxicated convictions in sentencing considerations.

2023-S8391 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8391 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8391
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
   Parks and Recreation
 
 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
   relation  to increasing the penalties for operating a snowmobile while
   intoxicated

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs  (a),  (b) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section
 25.24 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, paragraphs
 (a) and (b) as amended by chapter 311 of the laws of 2007 and  paragraph
 (e)  as added by chapter 629 of the laws of 1998, are amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) No person shall operate  a  snowmobile  upon  a  street,  highway,
 public  trails,  lands,  bodies of water, or private property of another
 while his or her ability to operate such snowmobile is impaired  by  the
 consumption  of alcohol. (1) A violation of this subdivision shall be an
 offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than  two  hundred
 fifty dollars nor more than three hundred fifty dollars, or by imprison-
 ment in a penitentiary or county jail for not more than fifteen days, or
 by  both such fine and imprisonment. (2) A person who operates a snowmo-
 bile in violation  of  this  subdivision  after  being  convicted  of  a
 violation  of  any subdivision of this section within the preceding five
 years shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred  dollars
 nor  more  than  fifteen hundred dollars, or by imprisonment of not more
 than thirty days in a penitentiary or county jail or by both  such  fine
 and imprisonment.
   (b) (1) No such person shall operate a snowmobile upon a street, high-
 way,  public  trails,  lands,  bodies  of  water, or private property of
 another while he or she has .08 of one per centum or more by  weight  of
 alcohol  in his or her blood, breath, urine, or saliva, as determined by
 the chemical test made pursuant to the provisions of subdivision six  of
 this section.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04924-01-3
              

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