Assembly Bill A3812

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for increasing the parameters of driving while ability impaired to include driving while ability is affected to any extent by the utilization of a drug

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A3812 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1512
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1192, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S605
2011-2012: S949
2015-2016: S733

2013-A3812 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of driving while ability impaired to include driving while ability is affected to any extent by the voluntary consumption or utilization of a drug.

2013-A3812 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3812

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
  the parameters of driving while ability impaired  to  include  driving
  while ability affected by drugs

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1192 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
law,  as  added by chapter 47 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. Driving while ability impaired.  No person shall  operate  a  motor
vehicle while the person's ability to operate such motor vehicle is:
  (A) impaired by the consumption of alcohol; OR
  (B) AFFECTED TO ANY EXTENT BY THE VOLUNTARY CONSUMPTION OR UTILIZATION
OF A DRUG AS DEFINED IN THIS CHAPTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03266-01-3

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