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Jan 20, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A2833
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TITONE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Sandy Galef
Michael Benedetto
Annette Robinson
multi-Sponsors
Kevin Cahill
Brian F. Curran
Gary Finch
Andrew Goodell
2015-A2833 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A2833 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides for drug and alcohol testing of school bus drivers during the required biennial medical examination and when circumstances, including but not limited to accidents, dictate a more thorough investigation and review pursuant to regulations issued by the commissioner of motor vehicles.
2015-A2833 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2833 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, COOK, GALEF, BENEDETTO, ROBINSON, McKEV- ITT, ORTIZ, MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, CURRAN, FINCH, GOODELL, HAWLEY, HOOPER, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO, TENNEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to drug and alcohol testing of school bus drivers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 509-g of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 149 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 1. A biennial examination pursuant to regulations established by the commissioner, by a physician, a certified nurse practitioner to the extent authorized by law and consistent with the written practice agree- ment pursuant to subdivision three of section six thousand nine hundred two of the education law, or a registered physician assistant who is not the personal physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant of the driver. Included shall be a requirement to conduct a vision test AND A TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF DRUGS AND/OR ALCOHOLIC CONTENT IN THE DRIVER'S BLOOD AND WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACCIDENTS, DICTATE A MORE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW pursuant to regulations issued by the commissioner. S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03843-01-5
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