New York A 474: Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals in the presence of a child

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A00474 Summary:

BILL NOA00474A

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SAME ASSAME AS S03256-A

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SPONSORWoerner

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COSPNSRSchiavoni, Braunstein, Lunsford, Bronson, Shimsky

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §25.24, Pks & Rec L

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Increases the penalties for operating a snowmobile while intoxicated, doubles penalties for operators having .18 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in their blood, breath, urine, or saliva, and includes other operating while intoxicated convictions in sentencing considerations.

Go to top A00474 Actions:

BILL NOA00474A

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

06/10/2025amend and recommit to transportation

06/10/2025print number 474a

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 474--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
 relation to increasing the penalties for operating a snowmobile while
 intoxicated

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section
 2 25.24 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, paragraphs
 3 (a) and (b) as amended by chapter 311 of the laws of 2007 and paragraph
 4 (e) as added by chapter 629 of the laws of 1998, are amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 (a) No person shall operate a snowmobile upon a street, highway,
 7 public trails, lands, bodies of water, or private property of another
 8 while [his or her] their ability to operate such snowmobile is impaired
 9 by the consumption of alcohol. (1) A violation of this subdivision shall
 10 be an offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two
 11 hundred fifty dollars nor more than three hundred fifty dollars, or by
 12 imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail for not more than fifteen
 13 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (2) A person who operates a
 14 snowmobile in violation of this subdivision after being convicted of a
 15 violation of any subdivision of this section within the preceding five
 16 years shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars
 17 nor more than fifteen hundred dollars, or by imprisonment of not more
 18 than thirty days in a penitentiary or county jail or by both such fine
 19 and imprisonment.
 20 (b) (1) No such person shall operate a snowmobile upon a street, high-
 21 way, public trails, lands, bodies of water, or private property of
 22 another while [he or she] such person has .08 of one per centum or more

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01973-03-5

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 1 by weight of alcohol in [his or her] their blood, breath, urine, or
 2 saliva, as determined by the chemical test made pursuant to the
 3 provisions of subdivision six of this section.
 4 (2) No such person shall operate a snowmobile upon a street, highway,
 5 public trails, lands, bodies of water, or private property of another
 6 while such person has .18 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol
 7 in their blood, breath, urine, or saliva, as determined by the chemical
 8 test made pursuant to the provisions of subdivision six of this section.
 9 (e) (1) A violation of subparagraph one of paragraph (b), or paragraph
 10 (c)[,] or (d) of this subdivision shall be a misdemeanor and shall be
 11 punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail for not more
 12 than ninety days, or by a fine of not less than three hundred fifty
 13 dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and
 14 imprisonment.
 15 (2) A person who operates a snowmobile in violation of subparagraph
 16 one of paragraph (b), or paragraph (c)[,] or (d) of this subdivision
 17 after having been convicted of a violation of subparagraph one of para-
 1