Bill Text: NY A01761 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a statewide toll-free office of court administration hotline for use by police officers seeking court orders to compel persons to submit to a blood test.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A01761 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A01761-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1761 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing a statewide toll-free office of court administration hotline for use by police officers seeking court orders to compel persons to submit to a blood test The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 "Vionique Valnord's law". 3 § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section 1194 of the vehicle and 4 traffic law, as added by chapter 47 of the laws of 1988, is amended to 5 read as follows: 6 (d) Court order; procedure. (1) An application for a court order to 7 compel submission to a chemical test or any portion thereof, may be made 8 to any supreme court justice, county court judge or district court judge 9 in the judicial district in which the incident occurred, or if the inci- 10 dent occurred in the city of New York before any supreme court justice 11 or judge of the criminal court of the city of New York. Such application 12 may be communicated by telephone, radio or other means of electronic 13 communication, or in person. 14 (2) The applicant must provide identification by name and title and 15 must state the purpose of the communication. Upon being advised that an 16 application for a court order to compel submission to a chemical test is 17 being made, the court shall place under oath the applicant and any other 18 person providing information in support of the application as provided 19 in subparagraph three of this paragraph. After being sworn the applicant 20 must state that the person from whom the chemical test was requested was 21 the operator of a motor vehicle and in the course of such operation a 22 person, other than the operator, has been killed or seriously injured 23 and, based upon the totality of circumstances, there is reasonable cause EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04854-01-7A. 1761 2 1 to believe that such person was operating a motor vehicle in violation 2 of any subdivision of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article 3 and, after being placed under lawful arrest such person refused to 4 submit to a chemical test or any portion thereof, in accordance with the 5 provisions of this section or is unable to give consent to such a test 6 or any portion thereof. The applicant must make specific allegations of 7 fact to support such statement. Any other person properly identified, 8 may present sworn allegations of fact in support of the applicant's 9 statement. 10 (3) Upon being advised that an oral application for a court order to 11 compel a person to submit to a chemical test of one or more of the 12 following: breath, blood, urine or saliva, is being made, a judge or 13 justice shall place under oath the applicant and any other person 14 providing information in support of the application. Such oath or oaths 15 and all of the remaining communication must be recorded, either by means 16 of a voice recording device or verbatim stenographic or verbatim long- 17 hand notes. If a voice recording device is used or a stenographic record 18 made, the judge must have the record transcribed, certify to the accura- 19 cy of the transcription and file the original record and transcription 20 with the court within seventy-two hours of the issuance of the court 21 order. If the longhand notes are taken, the judge shall subscribe a copy 22 and file it with the court within twenty-four hours of the issuance of 23 the order. 24 (4) If the court is satisfied that the requirements for the issuance 25 of a court order pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this 26 subdivision have been met, it may grant the application and issue an 27 order requiring the accused to submit to a chemical test of one or more 28 of the following: breath, blood, urine or saliva, to determine the alco- 29 holic and/or drug content of his blood and ordering the withdrawal of a 30 blood sample in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of 31 subdivision four of this section. When a judge or justice determines to 32 issue an order to compel submission to a chemical test based on an oral 33 application, the applicant therefor shall prepare the order in accord- 34 ance with the instructions of the judge or justice. In all cases the 35 order shall include the name of the issuing judge or justice, the name 36 of the applicant, and the date and time it was issued. It must be 37 signed by the judge or justice if issued in person, or by the applicant 38 if issued orally. 39 (5) Upon refusal by a person, who a police officer has reasonable 40 cause to believe is in violation of any subdivision of section eleven 41 hundred ninety-two of this article, to submit to a chemical test of one 42 or more of the following: breath, blood, urine or saliva, requested by 43 such police officer at the time of such traffic stop, such police offi- 44 cer, if a signed court order to compel such person to submit to such 45 test cannot be produced, shall call the statewide toll-free office of 46 court administration hotline within fifteen minutes of such refusal, as 47 described in section eleven hundred ninety-four-b of this article, to 48 request or obtain, by oral application as described in subparagraphs 49 three and four of this paragraph, a court order to compel such person to 50 submit to a chemical test of one or more of the following: breath, 51 blood, urine or saliva. 52 (6) Any false statement by an applicant or any other person in support 53 of an application for a court order shall subject such person to the 54 offenses for perjury set forth in article two hundred ten of the penal 55 law.A. 1761 3 1 [(6)] (7) The chief administrator of the courts shall establish a 2 schedule to provide that a sufficient number of judges or justices will 3 be available in each judicial district to hear oral applications for 4 court orders as permitted by this section. 5 § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 6 1194-b to read as follows: 7 § 1194-b. Statewide toll-free office of court administration hotline; 8 court order to compel chemical test. 1. The department, in conjunction 9 with the office of court administration and the division of state 10 police, shall establish, maintain and operate a statewide toll-free 11 office of court administration hotline for the use of police officers 12 seeking court orders to compel persons to submit to a chemical test of 13 one or more of the following: breath, blood, urine or saliva, as 14 described in paragraph (d) of subdivision three of section eleven 15 hundred ninety-four of this article. 16 2. Upon refusal by a person, who a law enforcement officer has reason- 17 able cause to believe is in violation of any subdivision of section 18 eleven hundred ninety-two of this article, to submit to a chemical test 19 of one or more of the following: breath, blood, urine or saliva, 20 requested by such police officer at the time of the traffic stop, such 21 police officer, if a signed court order to compel such person to submit 22 to a chemical test cannot be produced, shall call the statewide toll- 23 free office of court administration hotline within fifteen minutes of 24 such refusal, to request or obtain, by oral application as described in 25 subparagraphs three and four of paragraph (d) of subdivision three of 26 section eleven hundred ninety-four of this article, a court order to 27 compel such person to submit to such test. 28 3. Telephone calls made to such hotline shall be immediately routed to 29 a supreme court justice, county court judge or district court judge in 30 the judicial district in which the incident occurred, or if the incident 31 occurred in the city of New York, to any supreme court justice or judge 32 of the criminal court of the city of New York. 33 4. If the judge or justice is satisfied that the requirements for the 34 issuance of a court order pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of 35 subdivision three of section eleven hundred ninety-four of this article 36 have been met, he or she shall grant the application and shall issue an 37 order requiring the accused to submit to a chemical test immediately, 38 pursuant to subdivision three of section eleven hundred ninety-four of 39 this article. 40 5. A determination granting or denying such application shall be 41 issued within one hour of such phone call. 42 6. A police officer shall be guilty of a class E felony if he or she 43 fails to comply with the provisions set forth in subdivision two of this 44 section. 45 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 46 it shall have become a law, except that any rules and regulations neces- 47 sary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date may 48 be promulgated on or before such date.
