Bill Text: NY S04220 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to driving while intoxicated; imposes further penalties upon persons who operate a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-21 - referred to transportation [S04220 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04220-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4220
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 11, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and  traffic  law  and  the  penal  law,  in
         relation to driving while intoxicated
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 1193 of the vehi-
    2  cle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read
    3  as follows:
    4    (IV) IN CALCULATING THE TEN YEAR PERIOD UNDER ITEM (I) OF CLAUSE B  OF
    5  SUBPARAGRAPH  THREE OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
    6  ANY PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH THE  PERSON  WAS  INCARCERATED  FOR  ANY
    7  REASON  BETWEEN  THE  TIME  OF  COMMISSION  OF THE PREVIOUS VIOLATION OF
    8  SUBDIVISION TWO, TWO-A, THREE, FOUR OR FOUR-A OF SECTION ELEVEN  HUNDRED
    9  NINETY-TWO  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  OR  OF VEHICULAR ASSAULT IN THE SECOND OR
   10  FIRST DEGREE, AS DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS  120.03  AND  120.04
   11  AND  AGGRAVATED VEHICULAR ASSAULT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 120.04-A  OF THE
   12  PENAL LAW OR OF VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND OR FIRST DEGREE, AS
   13  DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS  125.12  AND  125.13  AND  AGGRAVATED
   14  VEHICULAR  HOMICIDE  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION 125.14 OF SUCH LAW, AND THE
   15  TIME OF COMMISSION OF THE PRESENT OFFENSE SHALL BE EXCLUDED AND SUCH TEN
   16  YEAR PERIOD SHALL BE EXTENDED BY A PERIOD OR PERIODS EQUAL TO  THE  TIME
   17  SERVED UNDER SUCH INCARCERATION.
   18    S  2.  Subdivision 1-a of section 1193 of the vehicle and traffic law,
   19  as added by chapter 691 of the laws of 2002, paragraph (c) as amended by
   20  chapter 669 of the laws of 2007, paragraph (d) as added by  chapter  732
   21  of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   22    1-a.  Additional  penalties. (a) Except as provided for in [paragraph]
   23  PARAGRAPHS (A-1), (b) AND (B-1) of this subdivision, a person who  oper-
   24  ates  a vehicle in violation of subdivision two [or], TWO-A, three, FOUR
   25  OR FOUR-A of section eleven hundred ninety-two  of  this  article  after
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03102-01-5
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    1  having  been  convicted  of  a violation of subdivision two [or], TWO-A,
    2  three, FOUR OR FOUR-A of such section within the  preceding  [five]  TEN
    3  years  shall,  in  addition  to any other penalties which may be imposed
    4  pursuant  to  subdivision one of this section, be sentenced to a term of
    5  imprisonment of [five] NOT LESS THAN THIRTY days [or, as an  alternative
    6  to  such imprisonment, be required to perform thirty days of service for
    7  a public or  not-for-profit  corporation,  association,  institution  or
    8  agency as set forth in paragraph (h) of subdivision two of section 65.10
    9  of  the  penal  law  as  a  condition of sentencing for such violation].
   10  Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, a sentence of  a  term
   11  of imprisonment of [five] THIRTY days or more pursuant to the provisions
   12  of  subdivision  one of this section shall be deemed to be in compliance
   13  with this subdivision. NOTHING CONTAINED  IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE
   14  CONSTRUED  TO  LIMIT  OR  PROHIBIT A COURT FROM IMPOSING ANY OTHER ADDI-
   15  TIONAL PENALTY, CONDITION, LICENSE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OR SCREENING
   16  OR ASSESSMENT OF SANCTION OF ANY KIND REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY LAW.
   17    (A-1) A PERSON WHO OPERATES A  VEHICLE  IN  VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION
   18  TWO-A  OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE AFTER HAVING
   19  BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF SUCH SUBDIVISION WITHIN  THE  PRECEDING
   20  TEN  YEARS  SHALL,  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY PENALTIES WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED
   21  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, BE SENTENCED TO A  TERM  OF
   22  IMPRISONMENT  OF  NOT  LESS  THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY  DAYS.   NOTHING
   23  CONTAINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT  OR  PROHIBIT  A
   24  COURT  FROM  IMPOSING  ANY  OTHER ADDITIONAL PENALTY, CONDITION, LICENSE
   25  SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OR SCREENING OR ASSESSMENT OF SANCTION  OF  ANY
   26  KIND REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY LAW.
   27    (b)  [A]  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B-1) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A
   28  person who operates a vehicle in  violation  of  subdivision  two  [or],
   29  TWO-A,  three,  FOUR  OR  FOUR-A of section eleven hundred ninety-two of
   30  this article after having been convicted on two or more occasions  of  a
   31  violation  of  [any of such subdivisions] SUBDIVISION TWO, TWO-A, THREE,
   32  FOUR OR FOUR-A OF SUCH SECTION within the  preceding  [five]  TEN  years
   33  shall,  in addition to any other penalties which may be imposed pursuant
   34  to subdivision one of this section, be sentenced to a term of  imprison-
   35  ment  of  [ten] NOT LESS THAN NINETY days [or, as an alternative to such
   36  imprisonment, be required to perform sixty days of service for a  public
   37  or not-for-profit corporation, association, institution or agency as set
   38  forth  in paragraph (h) of subdivision two of section 65.10 of the penal
   39  law as a condition of sentencing for  such  violation].  Notwithstanding
   40  the  provisions  of this paragraph, a sentence of a term of imprisonment
   41  of [ten] NINETY days or more pursuant to the provisions  of  subdivision
   42  one of this section shall be deemed to be in compliance with this subdi-
   43  vision.  NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT
   44  OR PROHIBIT A COURT FROM IMPOSING ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL  PENALTY,  CONDI-
   45  TION,  LICENSE  SUSPENSION  OR  REVOCATION OR SCREENING OR ASSESSMENT OF
   46  SANCTION OF ANY KIND REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY LAW.
   47    (B-1) A PERSON WHO OPERATES A  VEHICLE  IN  VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION
   48  TWO-A  OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE AFTER HAVING
   49  BEEN CONVICTED OF TWO OR MORE VIOLATIONS OF SUCH SUBDIVISION WITHIN  THE
   50  PRECEDING  TEN  YEARS  SHALL,  IN ADDITION TO ANY PENALTIES WHICH MAY BE
   51  IMPOSED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, BE SENTENCED  TO  A
   52  TERM  OF  IMPRISONMENT  OF  NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR. NOTHING CONTAINED IN
   53  THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT  OR  PROHIBIT  A  COURT  FROM
   54  IMPOSING  ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL PENALTY, CONDITION, LICENSE SUSPENSION OR
   55  REVOCATION OR SCREENING OR ASSESSMENT OF SANCTION OF ANY  KIND  REQUIRED
   56  OR PERMITTED BY LAW.
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    1    (c)  A court sentencing a person WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF OPERATING A
    2  VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO, TWO-A, THREE OR AN  ALCOHOL-RE-
    3  LATED  VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-
    4  TWO OF THIS ARTICLE pursuant to paragraph (a) [or], (A-1), (b) OR  (B-1)
    5  of  this  subdivision  shall:  (i) order the installation of an ignition
    6  interlock device approved pursuant to  section  eleven  hundred  ninety-
    7  eight  of  this  article  in  any motor vehicle owned or operated by the
    8  person so sentenced. Such devices  shall  remain  installed  during  any
    9  period  of  license  revocation required to be imposed pursuant to para-
   10  graph (b) of subdivision two of this section, and, upon the  termination
   11  of such revocation period, for an additional period as determined by the
   12  court;  and  (ii)  order  that  such person receive an assessment of the
   13  degree of their alcohol or substance abuse and  dependency  pursuant  to
   14  the provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-eight-a of this article.
   15  Where  such  assessment  indicates the need for treatment, such court is
   16  authorized to impose treatment as a condition of  such  sentence  except
   17  that  such  court shall impose treatment as a condition of a sentence of
   18  probation or conditional discharge pursuant to the provisions of  subdi-
   19  vision  three  of section eleven hundred ninety-eight-a of this article.
   20  Any person ordered to install an ignition interlock device  pursuant  to
   21  this  paragraph shall be subject to the provisions of subdivisions four,
   22  five, seven, eight and nine of section eleven  hundred  ninety-eight  of
   23  this  article. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
   24  LIMIT OR PROHIBIT A COURT FROM IMPOSING ANY  OTHER  ADDITIONAL  PENALTY,
   25  CONDITION,  LICENSE  SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OR SCREENING OR ASSESSMENT
   26  OF SANCTION OF ANY KIND REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY LAW.
   27    (d) Confidentiality of records. The provisions of subdivision  six  of
   28  section eleven hundred ninety-eight-a of this article shall apply to the
   29  records  and content of all assessments and treatment conducted pursuant
   30  to this subdivision.
   31    (E) IN CALCULATING THE TEN YEAR PERIOD UNDER  PARAGRAPHS  (A),  (A-1),
   32  (B)  AND  (B-1) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH THE
   33  PERSON WAS INCARCERATED FOR ANY REASON BETWEEN THE TIME OF COMMISSION OF
   34  THE PREVIOUS VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO, TWO-A, THREE, FOUR OR  FOUR-A
   35  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE TIME OF
   36  COMMISSION OF THE PRESENT OFFENSE SHALL BE EXCLUDED AND  SUCH  TEN  YEAR
   37  PERIOD SHALL BE EXTENDED BY A PERIOD OR PERIODS EQUAL TO THE TIME SERVED
   38  UNDER SUCH INCARCERATION.
   39    S 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 70.06 of the penal law,
   40  as  amended  by  chapter  410 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as
   41  follows:
   42    (a) A second felony offender is a person, other than a second  violent
   43  felony  offender  as defined in section 70.04, who stands convicted of a
   44  felony [defined in this chapter], other than a class A-I  felony,  after
   45  having  previously  been  subjected  to  one  or  more  predicate felony
   46  convictions as defined in paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
   47    S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   48  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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