N.Y. VAT Law § 1809-C
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Additional surcharge required for certain violations relating to driving while intoxicated and driving while impaired
Official statutory text
§ 1809-c. Additional surcharge required for certain violations\nrelating to driving while intoxicated and driving while impaired. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever proceedings in a\ncourt of this state result in a conviction pursuant to section eleven\nhundred ninety-two of this chapter or subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of\nparagraph (a) of subdivision two or subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of\nsubdivision three of section five hundred eleven of this chapter, there\nshall be levied, in addition to any sentence or other surcharge required\nor permitted by law, an additional surcharge of twenty-five dollars.\n 2. The additional surcharge provided for in subdivision one of this\nsection shall be paid to the clerk of the court that rendered the\nconviction. Within the first ten days of the month following collection\nof the surcharge the collecting authority shall determine the amount of\nsurcharge collected and it shall pay such money to the state comptroller\nwho shall deposit such money in the state treasury pursuant to section\none hundred twenty-one of the state finance law to the credit of the\ngeneral fund; provided, however, commencing April first, two thousand\ntwenty-four, all such moneys shall be paid to counties in such manner\nand for such purposes as provided for in section eleven hundred\nninety-seven of this chapter.\n 3. The provisions of subdivision three of section two hundred\ntwenty-seven, subdivision four-a of section five hundred ten, and\nsubdivision three of section five hundred fourteen of this chapter\ngoverning actions which may be taken for failure to pay a fine or\npenalty shall be applicable to the additional surcharge imposed pursuant\nto this section.\n 4. For the purposes of this section, the term conviction means and\nincludes the conviction of a felony or a misdemeanor for a violation of\nsection eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter for which a youthful\noffender finding was substituted and upon such a finding there shall be\nlevied an additional surcharge, in addition to any sentence or other\nsurcharge required or permitted by law, to the same extent and in the\nsame manner and amount provided by this section for conviction of the\nfelony or misdemeanor, as the case may be, for which such youthful\noffender finding was substituted.\n
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