BILL NUMBER: S7346
SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to sanctions
for driving while ability impaired while holding a conditional license
 
PURPOSE:
Requires judicial discretion for the issuance of a conditional license.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. provides for judicial consent at the time of issuance of a
conditional license.
Section 2. Effective date
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently 30 days following arraignment of a Driving While Intoxicated
charge offenders receive a conditional license granting them the privi-
lege to again operate a motor vehicle. The only provision to disqualify
a pefson from receiving a conditional license is if that offender was
enrolled in a Drinking Driver Program within the last five years.
On February 22, 2009 Suffolk County police Officer Glen Ciano was killed
after being hit by a vehicle driven by Jose Borbon, who earlier in the
year was charged with Driving While Intoxicated. Due to lackadaisical
process in which conditional licenses are issued, Jose Borbon's privi-
lege to operate a motor vehicle was reinstated just 30 days following
his original Driving While Intoxicated Charge. This legislation will
require each case be reviewed on a case by case basis to ensure that the
licensee does not in fact pose a threat to society by temporarily
receiving a conditional license.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024: S.3080 -Referred to Transportation
2023: S.3080 - Referred to Transportation
2022: S.4570 - Referred to Transportation/A.6555-Referred to Transporta-
tion
2021: S.4570 - Referred to Transportation/A.6555-Referred to Transporta-
tion
2020: S.2585 - Referred to Transportation/A.4416-Referred to Transporta-
tion
2019: S.2585 - Referred to Transportation/A.4416-Referred to Transporta-
tion
2018: S.6185 - Referred to Transportation/A.4416-Referred to Transporta-
tion
2017: S.6185 - Referred to Transportation/A.4416-Referred to Transporta-
tion
2016: S.3470 - Referred to Transportation/A.6986-Referred to Transporta-
tion
2015: S.3470 - Referred to Transportation/A.6986-Referred to Transporta-
tion
2014: S.7171- ReferredtoTransportation/A.6489-Referredto Transportation
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
One year after it shall have become a law

Statutes affected:
S7346: 1193 vehicle and traffic law, 1193(2) vehicle and traffic law