Bill Text: NY A00189 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to study the effectiveness and accuracy of devices used to estimate blood alcohol content by law enforcement agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-07 - REFERRED TO RULES [A00189 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A00189-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 189--B 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accord- ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT directing the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to study the effectiveness and accuracy of devices used to estimate blood alcohol content by law enforcement agencies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the division of criminal justice 2 services is authorized and directed to study the effectiveness and accu- 3 racy of devices used to estimate blood alcohol content by law enforce- 4 ment agencies. Such study shall include, but not be limited to: 5 (a) which devices are used by law enforcement agencies; 6 (b) the accuracy of devices used by law enforcement agencies; 7 (c) the margin of error for devices which are used by law enforcement 8 agencies; 9 (d) the likelihood of an inaccurate reading; and 10 (e) any other related information that such commissioner may deem 11 necessary or relevant in carrying out this study. 12 § 2. The commissioner of the division of criminal justice services 13 shall make a report to the governor and the legislature of their find- 14 ings, conclusions and recommendations no later than one year after the 15 effective date of this act and shall submit with this report such legis- 16 lative proposals as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01663-04-4