Bill Text: NY A02143 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the compensation for injury or damage caused by the intoxication or impairment of ability of a person under the age of twenty-one years; defines impairment of ability.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to judiciary [A02143 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A02143-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2143 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, GALEF, DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, GOTT- FRIED, J. M. GIGLIO, J. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to the compen- sation for injury or damage caused by the intoxication or impairment of ability of a person under the age of twenty-one years The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The section heading of section 11-100 of the general obli- 2 gations law, as amended by chapter 274 of the laws of 1985, is amended 3 and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows: 4 Compensation for injury or damage caused by the intoxication or 5 impairment of ability of a person under the age of twenty-one years. 6 5. For the purposes of this section, "impairment of ability" shall 7 mean the use of any drug or substance listed in schedule I, II, III or 8 IV of section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04836-01-1
