What's happening
This bill increases the driver's license revocation period for repeat DWI offenders from one year to three years, and for certain aggravated offenses from eighteen months to four and a half years.
Why it matters
Significantly longer license revocation periods mean repeat DWI offenders will be unable to legally drive for much longer. , which has major implications for their mobility, employment opportunities, and personal responsibilities.
The harsher penalties signal a stronger stance against drunk and drug-impaired driving in New York. , potentially increasing deterrence and changing public attitudes about the risks and consequences of repeat offenses.
This change especially impacts those with prior aggravated DWI convictions, who now face even more severe consequences. , reflecting a policy focus on targeting the most dangerous repeat offenders and aiming to reduce the likelihood of high-risk drivers returning to the roads.
Longer revocation periods could have broader effects on the legal system, including more appeals, requests for hardship licenses, and pressure on rehabilitation programs. , as affected individuals seek ways to regain driving privileges or mitigate the impact on their lives.
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Who cares
Drivers with repeat alcohol- or drug-impaired driving convictions
The bill would increase license revocation from one year to three years for specified repeat offenses committed within ten years of a prior conviction.
Drivers with aggravated DWI convictions
The bill would increase revocation from eighteen months to four and one-half years for specified repeat offenses involving a current or prior aggravated DWI conviction within ten years.
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
The agency would administer the longer license revocation periods for affected repeat offenders.
Headline styles
Suspend Repeat DWI Licenses
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to transportation
- Held for consideration in transportation
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2652
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, FINCH, KOLB -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the revocation of a driver's license where driver has already been convicted of driving while intoxicated
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 1193 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
(3) Driving while intoxicated or while ability impaired by drugs or while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and any drug or drugs; aggravated driving while intoxicated; prior offense. [One year] Three years, where the holder is convicted of a violation of subdivision two, three, four or four-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article committed within ten years of a conviction for a violation of subdivision two, three, four or four-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article. [Eighteen months] Four and one-half years, where the holder is convicted of a violation of subdivision two-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article committed within ten years of a conviction for a violation of subdivision two, two-a, three, four or four-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article; or where the holder is convicted of a violation of subdivision two, three, four or four-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article committed within ten years of a conviction for a violation of subdivision two-a of section eleven hundred ninetytwo of this article.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04488-01-7
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