§ 216-A — Statistics on driving while intoxicated

§ 216-a. Statistics on driving while intoxicated. 1. The commissioner\nshall collect and analyze statistical information and data with respect\nto: (i) the number of persons charged with violating any of the\nprovisions of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter\nprohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence\nof alcohol or drugs, or the provisions of section eleven hundred\nninety-two-a of this chapter prohibiting persons under the age of\ntwenty-one from operating a motor vehicle after having consumed alcohol,\nor the provisions of section forty-nine-b of the navigation law\nprohibiting persons under the age of twenty-one from operating a vessel\nafter having consumed alcohol; and (ii) the disposition of such charge\nand (iii) if a conviction or finding was had thereon, the category of\nthe offense for which such conviction or finding was had, whether it\nresulted from a plea of guilty or after trial or after a hearing before\na hearing officer and the sentence thereon; and (iv) such other\ninformation as the commissioner shall deem relevant. Provided, however,\nthat nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize the reporting or\ncollecting of any information relating to the identity of any person so\ncharged, and no such information shall be so reported to or collected by\nthe commissioner except for the purposes of assisting courts or hearing\nofficers in the suspension of licenses pursuant to sections five hundred\nten and five hundred fourteen of this chapter or the suspension of\noperating privileges pursuant to section forty-nine-b of the navigation\nlaw, and no such information may be disseminated except to such courts\nor hearing officers.\n 2. The commissioner shall from time to time make reports and\nrecommendations to the governor and the legislature based upon the\ncompilation and analysis of the information and data made pursuant to\nthis section.\n