Bill Text: NY S08097 | 2017-2018 | 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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-28 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S08097 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S08097-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8097 IN SENATE March 28, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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. LBD14913-01-8
