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History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring any person convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs to complete a drinking driver program as a condition of their sentence
Purpose of bill
To ensure that a person convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs is mandated as a condition of his or her sentence to participate in the Drinking Driver Program and receive an evaluation conducted by an addiction professional from an Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services licensed program and require that the offender pay the cost of the program.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1. Amends the Vehicle and Traffic Law, Section 1193 (1), adds a new paragraph (h). Requires a defendant to complete a drinking driver program, where the court imposes a sentence for any violation of section eleven hundred ninety-two or section eleven hundred ninety-two-a of this article. Provides that such program shall be licensed by the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and taught by a substance abuse professional that is credentialed by such Office. Requires the defendant to receive an evaluation by the professional teaching the program. Requires the defendant to pay the fee for attending such program.
Section 2. Effective Date
Existing law
Vehicle and Traffic Law; Article 31 - Alcohol and Drug Related Offenses and Procedures Applicable Thereto; Section 1193 - Sanctions
Justification
Due to the continued, unnecessarily high number of DWI convictions throughout the City and State of New York, and because under the current system many convicted offenders choose not to participate in the Drinking Driver Program, it is necessary to mandate that those convicted of DWI participate, get evaluated by licensed programs and pay the cost of completing the program. The inability of authorities to assure that an individual who is arrested and convicted of a drunk driving offense does not get out on the road again under the influence of alcohol is a significant failure of our State laws and criminal justice system to control drunk driving. This bill will do much to remedy this failure.
Legislative history
2014: S.144 - Referred to Transportation 2013: S.144 - Referred to Transportation 2012: S.634- Referred to Alcoholism and Drug Abuse 2011: S.634 - Notice of Committee Consideration Requested, Discharged from Transportation, Committed to Alcoholism and Drug Abuse 2009-10: S.3121 - Referred to Transportation/A.8809 - Referred to Transportation 2007-08: S.770 - Referred to Transportation 2005-06: S.818 - Referred to Transportation 2004: S.4363 - Referred to Alcoholism and Substance Abuse 2003: S.4363 - Reported, Committed to Rules
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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