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N.Y. Penal Law § 60.21 — Authorized dispositions; driving while intoxicated or aggravated driving while intoxicated
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 60: Authorized Dispositions of Offenders, New York Penal Law.
Full text of N.Y. Penal Law § 60.21
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
60.21 Authorized dispositions; driving while intoxicated or aggravated
driving while intoxicated.
Notwithstanding paragraph (d) of subdivision two of section 60.01 of
this article, when a person is to be sentenced upon a conviction for a
violation of subdivision two, two-a or three of section eleven hundred
ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law, the court may sentence such
person to a period of imprisonment authorized by article seventy of this
title and shall sentence such person to a period of probation or
conditional discharge in accordance with the provisions of section 65.00
of this title and shall order the installation and maintenance of a
functioning ignition interlock device. Such period of probation or
conditional discharge shall run consecutively to any period of
imprisonment and shall commence immediately upon such person's release
from imprisonment.
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