Relates to the compensation for injury or damage caused by the intoxication or impairment of ability of a person under the age of twenty-one years; defines impairment of ability.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8097
IN SENATE
March 28, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to the compen-
sation for injury or damage caused by the intoxication or impairment
of ability of a person under the age of twenty-one years
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The section heading of section 11-100 of the general obli-
2 gations law, as amended by chapter 274 of the laws of 1985, is amended
3 and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
4 Compensation for injury or damage caused by the intoxication or
5 impairment of ability of a person under the age of twenty-one years.
6 5. For the purposes of this section, "impairment of ability" shall
7 mean the use of any drug or substance listed in schedule I, II, III or
8 IV of section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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