Bill Text: NY S01710 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1710 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Enacts "Bryan Johnson's law"; includes prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01710 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01710-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 1710                                                  A. 1490
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2019
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        IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen.  CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
          portation
        IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF, BUCHWALD, BYRNE -- 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:
     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known  and  may  be cited as "Bryan
     2  Johnson's Law".
     3    § 2. Section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
     4  a new subdivision 8-b to read as follows:
     5    8-b.  Effect of prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under
     6  the influence of alcohol or drugs. A prior conviction for operation of a
     7  vessel while under the influence of alcohol  or  drugs  under  paragraph
     8  (b),  (c),  (d) or (e) of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a of the
     9  navigation law shall be deemed to be a prior conviction of  a  violation
    10  of subdivision two of this section for purposes of determining penalties
    11  imposed  under this section or for purposes of any administrative action
    12  required to be taken pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of  section  eleven
    13  hundred  ninety-three  of this article. A prior conviction for operation
    14  of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or  drugs  under  para-
    15  graph  (a)  of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a of the navigation
    16  law shall be deemed to be  a prior conviction of a violation of subdivi-
    17  sion one of this section for purposes of determining  penalties  imposed
    18  under this section or for purposes of any administrative action required
    19  to  be taken pursuant to subdivision two of section eleven hundred nine-
    20  ty-three of this article.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect on the  first  of  November  after  it
    22  shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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