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HB 2265 Punishment for drunk driving.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Punishment for drunk driving. Makes the following changes to the law surrounding drunk driving: allows an officer to arrest for a DUI not committed in his presence; removes the requirement that a third DUI occur within a 10-year period for imposition of a felony charge or that a fourth DUI occur within a 10-year period for imposition of a mandatory, minimum year in jail; imposes a minimum, mandatory 30 days in jail for a third DUI within 5 years; imposes minimum, mandatory periods of incarceration for those driving drunk with a passenger in the vehicle; makes minimum, mandatory sentences for DUI run consecutively when more than 1 applies; reduces blood alcohol content levels required for minimum, mandatory sentences; and creates a minimum, mandatory sentence of 5 days when a drunk driver causes an accident resulting in personal injury.


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