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2003 SESSION
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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HISTORY
- 01/08/03 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 030361627
- 01/08/03 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/03 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 01/20/03 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/03 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/27/03 House: Tabled in Appropriations (24-Y 0-N)