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A1525Assembly2017-2018 Session

Lower Hunting Alcohol Limit

Official title

“Decreases the amount of alcohol in a person's system necessary to be considered to be intoxicated while hunting”

Sponsor Kenneth ZebrowskiAD-96+2 co-sponsorsAffects Environment & Energy
Status
In Senate Committee
Environmental Conservation
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 5 of 7

In Senate · Environmental Conservation

What's happening

This bill lowers the blood alcohol level that defines intoxication while hunting from 0.10% to 0.08% in New York.

Why it matters

  1. Aligns hunting laws with broader DWI standards. By lowering the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) for hunting from 0.10% to 0.08%, the bill matches the threshold used for driving while intoxicated in New York, creating consistency across public safety laws.

  2. Potentially reduces hunting-related accidents. The stricter BAC limit may help decrease the risk of impaired judgment, accidents, or fatalities while hunting, improving overall safety for hunters and others in the area.

  3. Affects legal outcomes for hunters. The amendment changes the evidentiary standards in court, making it easier to prosecute hunters for intoxication at lower BAC levels, which could increase legal accountability for unsafe behavior.

  4. Signals a public health and safety priority. By lowering the threshold, the legislation reflects growing concern over the dangers of alcohol use while participating in activities requiring focus and responsibility, reinforcing responsible hunting practices.

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Lower Hunting Alcohol Limit

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Kenneth Zebrowski

Assembly Member · Assembly District 96

History

  1. Referred to environmental conservation
  2. Delivered to senate
  3. Passed assembly
  4. Ordered to third reading cal.117
  5. Returned to assembly
  6. Died in senate
  7. Referred to environmental conservation
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Advanced to third reading cal.384
  11. Reported
  12. Reported referred to codes
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  1. Referred to environmental conservation

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STATE OF NEW YORK

1525

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 12, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to decreasing the amount of alcohol in a person's system necessary to be considered to be intoxicated while hunting

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 11-1201 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 726 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:

2. "Intoxicated condition" shall mean the presence of [.10] .08 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in a person's blood as shown by chemical analyses of his blood, breath, urine, or saliva made pursuant to section 11-1205 of this title. An "impaired condition" shall mean a state of impairment of a person's capacity to think or act correctly, or of a loss, even in part of a person's control of his physical or mental faculties due to his consumption of alcohol or use of a drug.

§ 2. Section 11-1207 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 726 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: § 11-1207. Evidence admitted in court.

Upon the trial of any action or proceeding arising out of conduct alleged to have been committed by any person arrested for a violation of any subdivision of section 11-1203 of this title, the court shall admit evidence of the amount of alcohol or drugs in the defendant's blood as shown by a test administered pursuant to the provisions of section 11-1205 of this title. Evidence that there was five-hundredths of one per centum or less by weight of alcohol in such person's blood is prima facie evidence that the ability of such person to engage in hunting without creating unreasonable risk of injury or death to himself or other human life was not impaired by the consumption of alcohol. Evidence that there was less than [one-tenth] eight one-hundredths of

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

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one per centum by weight of alcohol in such person's blood is prima facie evidence only that such person was not in an intoxicated condition due to the consumption of alcohol.

§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

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