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9 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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BILL NUMBER:A8650
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the executive law, in relation to the imposition of a sentence of alcohol and controlled substance monitoring upon conviction of an alcohol-relat- ed offense
Purpose
Provides that when a driving under the influence of alcohol offender is sentenced to probation, a condition shall be alcohol and controlled substance monitoring.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 adds subsections to the executive law entitled the Sobriety Pilot Program which requires the use of a Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (SCRAM) System as a condition of pre- trial release for those accused of DWI/DWAI and as a condition of probation for those sentenced to probation.
Justification
Currently, judges as part of probation, may require certain persons convicted of driving while intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance to use a chemical testing interlock- ing device which prohibits the participant from using their vehicle if the device registers the presence of a alcohol or a controlled substance. This program has met with some success but offenders have found creative ways to subvert these systems. On more than one occasion, people have been arrested for driving while intoxicated even with inter- locking devices because another person has breathed in the device for them. The Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (SCRAM) System, which involves an ankle bracelet that monitors an offender's alcohol content, would offer an alternative to the interlocking device program and act as a second line of testing in the arsenal in managing particular crimi- nals.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately, except that section two of this act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which this act shall have become a law.
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