Provides for the revocation of a person's driver's license who has been convicted of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       (PREFILED)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, ADDABBO, BORRELLO, MURRAY, PALUMBO -- read
          twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
          Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the navigation law and the vehicle and traffic  law,  in
          relation  to  revoking  a  person's  driver's  license  following  the
          conviction of operating a vessel while under the influence of  alcohol
          or drugs

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 49-a of the navigation law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
     3    3-A. PRIVILEGE TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE; SUSPENSION. THE COURT SHALL
     4  SUSPEND  A PERSON'S PRIVILEGE TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MAY SUSPEND
     5  A MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION IN THE SAME MANNER AS DEFINED UNDER  SUBDI-
     6  VISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THE VEHICLE AND
     7  TRAFFIC LAW WHERE AN OPERATOR IS CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION  OF  PARAGRAPH
     8  (A),  (B),  (D) OR (E) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION OR A VIOLATION
     9  OF SECTION FORTY-NINE-B OF THIS PART.
    10    § 2. Clause (c) of subparagraph 12 of paragraph (b) of  subdivision  2
    11  of  section 1193 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 732
    12  of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
    13    (c) For revocations OR SUSPENSIONS imposed pursuant to clause  (a)  of
    14  this  subparagraph  AND  SUBDIVISION  3-A OF SECTION FORTY-NINE-A OF THE
    15  NAVIGATION LAW, the commissioner may adopt rules to  permit  conditional
    16  or  restricted  operation  of a motor vehicle by any such person after a
    17  mandatory revocation period of not less than three years subject to such
    18  criteria, terms and conditions as established by the commissioner.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00871-01-5