New York S 3256: Increases the penalties for operating a snowmobile while intoxicated

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S03256 Summary:

BILL NOS03256A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00474-A

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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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.

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BILL NOS03256A

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES

06/05/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

06/05/2025PRINT NUMBER 3256A

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1612

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.271

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/11/2026PASSED SENATE

02/11/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/11/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3256--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
 Parks and Recreation -- reported favorably from said committee and
 committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01973-02-5

 S. 3256--A 2

 1 (b) (1) No such person shall operate a snowmobile upon a street, high-
 2 way, public trails, lands, bodies of water, or private property of
 3 another while [he or she] such person has .08 of one per centum or more
 4 by weight of alcohol in [his or her] their blood, breath, urine, or
 5 saliva, as determined by the chemical test made pursuant to the
 6 provisions of subdivision six of this section.
 7 (2) No such person shall operate a snowmobile upon a street, highway,
 8 public trails, lands, bodies of water, or private property of another
 9 while such person has .18 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol
 10 in their blood, breath, urine, or saliva, as determined by the chemical
 11 test made pursuant to the provisions of subdiv