Assembly Bill A1814

                             
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                                   1814
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LEVENBERG  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  including
   prior  convictions  of operation of a vessel while under the influence
   of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Bryan Johnson's Law".
   § 2. Section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 8-b to read as follows:
   8-B.  EFFECT OF PRIOR CONVICTIONS OF OPERATION OF A VESSEL WHILE UNDER
 THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS. A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR OPERATION OF A
 VESSEL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL  OR  DRUGS  UNDER  PARAGRAPH
 (B),  (C),  (D) OR (E) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FORTY-NINE-A OF THE
 NAVIGATION LAW WITHIN THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE
 COURT FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR A  VIOLATION  OF
 SUBDIVISION  TWO,  TWO-A,  THREE,  FOUR OR FOUR-A OF THIS SECTION OR FOR
 PURPOSES OF ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  TWO OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
 A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR OPERATION OF A VESSEL WHILE UNDER  THE  INFLUENCE
 OF  ALCOHOL OR DRUGS UNDER PARAGRAPH (A), (B), (C), (D) OR (E) OF SUBDI-
 VISION TWO OF SECTION FORTY-NINE-A OF  THE  NAVIGATION  LAW  WITHIN  THE
 PRECEDING  FIVE  YEARS  SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE COURT FOR PURPOSES OF
 DETERMINING PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION OR FOR PURPOSES OF ANY  ADMINISTRATIVE  ACTION  REQUIRED  TO  BE
 TAKEN PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE.    A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR OPERATION OF A VESSEL WHILE
 UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS UNDER PARAGRAPH (A),  (B),  (C),
 (D)  OR (E) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FORTY-NINE-A OF THE NAVIGATION
 LAW WITHIN THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE COURT  FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00356-01-5
              

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 PURPOSES  OF DETERMINING PENALTIES IMPOSED UPON A PERSON FOR A VIOLATION
 OF ANY SUBDIVISION OF THIS SECTION AFTER HAVING BEEN  CONVICTED  TWO  OR
 MORE  TIMES  FOR  A  VIOLATION  OF THIS SECTION WITHIN THE PRECEDING TEN
 YEARS  OR FOR PURPOSES OF ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-THREE  OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   §  3.  This  act  shall  take effect on the first of November after it
 shall have become a law.