Bill Text: NY A05620 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring any person operating an aircraft to submit to a breathalyzer exam prior to operating such aircraft.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A05620 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05620-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5620
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  any
          person operating an aircraft to submit to a breathalyzer
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  241-a to read as follows:
     3    § 241-a. Breathalyzer requirement. Any  person  engaging  within  this
     4  state in operating aircraft shall be required to submit to a breathalyz-
     5  er  exam  prior to operating such aircraft. Such breathalyzer exam shall
     6  occur prior to such individual boarding  the  aircraft.  Any  individual
     7  that provides a breath sample of .08 of one per centum or more by weight
     8  of  alcohol in the person's blood shall not be permitted to operate such
     9  aircraft.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05510-01-7