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2009 SESSION

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HB 1693 Driving under influence; mandatory punishment when concentration is elevated above certain amount.

Introduced by: David B. Albo | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Mandatory minimum punishment for DUI; elevated blood alcohol.  Adds an additional qualifier in DUI punishment provisions that allows use of blood alcohol testing on whole blood to be admitted into evidence in a DUI prosecution, thus allowing mandatory punishments to be imposed when the blood alcohol concentration is elevated but the test may have been performed in another, e.g., hospital, setting.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Mandatory minimum punishment for DUI; elevated blood alcohol.  Eliminates verbiage in DUI punishment provisions that restricts blood alcohol testing to that done pursuant to a DUI arrest/informed consent, thus allowing mandatory punishments to be imposed when the blood alcohol concentration is elevated but the test may have been performed in another, e.g., hospital, setting.