New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter J - Driver Rehabilitation Programs
Part 140 - Ignition Interlock
Section 140.1 - Introduction
Universal Citation: 15 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 140.1
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Intent. Section 1198 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law establishes an ignition interlock program which authorizes courts in all counties of the State to require persons convicted of driving while intoxicated to equip their vehicles with an ignition interlock device. This Part establishes guidelines for the implementation of this program.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Ignition interlock device. Any blood
alcohol concentration equivalence measuring device which connects to a motor
vehicle ignition system and prevents a motor vehicle from being started without
first determining through a deep lung breath sample that the operator's
equivalent breath alcohol level does not exceed the calibrated setting on the
device as required by 10 NYCRR Part 59.
(2) Program. As hereinafter used in this
Part, the term program shall refer to the ignition interlock device
program.
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