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- Print number 5141a
- Amend and recommit to finance
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- Referred to transportation
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Relates to sanctions for driving while ability impaired while holding a conditional license
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Harvey Weisenberg
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5141A REVISED 06/23/10
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to sanctions for driving while ability impaired while holding a conditional license
Purpose
Requires judicial discretion for the issuance of a conditional license.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. provides for judicial consent at the time of issuance of a conditional license and the use of an ignition interlock as a condition of receiving a hardship license.
Section 2. Effective date
Justification
Currently 30 days following arraignment of a Driving While Intoxicated charge offenders receive a conditional license granting them the privilege to again operate a motor vehicle. The only provision to disqualify a person from receiving a conditional license is if that offender was enrolled in a Drinking Driver Program within the last five years.
On February 22, 2009 Suffolk County Police Officer Glen Ciano was killed after being hit by a vehicle driven by Jose Borbon, who earlier in the year was charged with Driving While Intoxicated. Due to the lackadaisical process in which conditional licenses are issued, Jose Borbon's privilege to operate a motor vehicle was reinstated just 30 days following his original Driving While Intoxicated Charge.
This legislation will require each case be reviewed on a case by case basis to ensure that the licensee does not in fact pose a threat to society by temporally receiving a conditional license.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None to state.
Effective date
One year after it shall have become law.
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