Senate Bill S3489

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Increases the length of probation and conditional discharge for misdemeanor violations of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs

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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-S3489 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§65.00 & 65.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4196
2017-2018: S3885
2019-2020: S3310

2013-S3489 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the length of probation and conditional discharge for misdemeanor violations of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to five years.

2013-S3489 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3489 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3489

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 4, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the length of
  probation and conditional  discharge  for  misdemeanor  violations  of
  operating  a  motor  vehicle  while  under the influence of alcohol or
  drugs

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision 3 of section 65.00 of the
penal law, as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, is amended  to
read as follows:
  (d) (I) For an unclassified misdemeanor, the period of probation shall
be  three  years if the authorized sentence of imprisonment is in excess
of three months, otherwise the period of probation shall be one year.
  (II) FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO, TWO-A  OR  THREE  OF  SECTION
ELEVEN  HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, THE PERIOD OF
PROBATION SHALL BE FIVE YEARS.
  S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 65.05 of the penal law,
as amended by chapter 618 of the laws of 1992, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (a)  Three years in the case of a felony OR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION
TWO, TWO-A OR THREE OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE  VEHICLE
AND TRAFFIC LAW; and
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03688-01-3

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