Bill Text: NY S00629 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to requiring any person operating an aircraft to submit to a breathalyzer exam prior to operating such aircraft.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00629 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00629-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           629
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  any
          person operating an aircraft to submit to a breathalyzer
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  241-a to read as follows:
     3    § 241-a. Breathalyzer requirement. Any  person  engaging  within  this
     4  state in operating aircraft shall be required to submit to a breathalyz-
     5  er  exam  prior to operating such aircraft. Such breathalyzer exam shall
     6  occur prior to such individual boarding  the  aircraft.  Any  individual
     7  that provides a breath sample of .08 of one per centum or more by weight
     8  of  alcohol in the person's blood shall not be permitted to operate such
     9  aircraft.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04368-01-9
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