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A07967 Summary:

BILL NO	A07967
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Simotas
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S1192, V & T L
Relates to driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or combined use of drugs and alcohol.

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A07967 Actions:

BILL NO	A07967
06/12/2013	referred to transportation
01/08/2014	referred to transportation

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A07967 Floor Votes:

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A07967 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7967
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 12, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  driving  a
          motor  vehicle  under  the influence of drugs or combined use of drugs
          and alcohol
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivisions 4 and 4-a of section 1192 of the vehicle and
     2  traffic law, subdivision 4 as added by chapter 47 of the  laws  of  1988
     3  and  subdivision  4-a  as  added by chapter 732 of the laws of 2006, are
     4  amended to read as follows:
     5    4. Driving while ability impaired by drugs. No person shall operate  a
     6  motor vehicle while the person's ability to operate such a motor vehicle
     7  is  impaired by the use of a drug as defined in this chapter or impaired
     8  by the voluntary ingestion of  any  chemical,  pharmaceutical  or  other
     9  impairing substance or combination of substances to the extent the driv-
    10  er  is incapable of employing the physical and mental abilities which he
    11  or she is expected to possess in order to operate a vehicle in a reason-

    12  able and prudent manner.
    13    4-a. Driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs
    14  or of alcohol and any drug or drugs. No person  shall  operate  a  motor
    15  vehicle  while  the  person's  ability  to operate such motor vehicle is
    16  impaired by the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and  any  drug
    17  or  drugs  or  by the combined influence of alcohol or any drug or drugs
    18  with any chemical, pharmaceutical or other impairing substance or combi-
    19  nation of substances to the extent the driver is incapable of  employing
    20  the physical and mental abilities which he or she is expected to possess
    21  in order to operate a vehicle in a reasonable and prudent manner.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    23  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.
                                                                   LBD11451-01-3

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