Enacts "Bryan Johnson's law"; includes prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8582--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
July 10, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to including
prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under the influence
of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Bryan
2 Johnson's Law".
3 § 2. Section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
4 a new subdivision 8-b to read as follows:
5 8-b. Effect of prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under
6 the influence of alcohol or drugs. A prior conviction for operation of a
7 vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs under paragraph
8 (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a of the
9 navigation law shall be deemed to be a prior conviction of a violation
10 of subdivision two of this section for purposes of determining penalties
11 imposed under this section or for purposes of any administrative action
12 required to be taken pursuant to subdivision two of section eleven
13 hundred ninety-three of this article. A prior conviction for operation
14 of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs under para-
15 graph (a) of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a of the navigation
16 law shall be deemed to be a prior conviction of a violation of subdivi-
17 sion one of this section for purposes of determining penalties imposed
18 under this section or for purposes of any administrative action required
19 to be taken pursuant to subdivision two of section eleven hundred nine-
20 ty-three of this article.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November after it
22 shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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