State Driving Law Legislation

Alabama House Bill 322 – Recently passed by Public Safety, the House of Origin

The bill relates to DUI and Ignition Interlock Devices – Motor vehicles, driving under the influence, penalties to include mandatory use of ignition interlock device under certain conditions, Forensic Sciences Department to approve devices, Public Safety Department to issue restricted driver’s license, fee, provisions for indigent defendants

The Highlights (Paraphrased)

On a first conviction, the Director of Public Safety shall suspend the driving privilege or driver’s license of the person convicted for a period of 90 days and the offender may be required to have an ignition interlock device installed and operating on the designated motor vehicle driven by the offender for a period of one year.

On a second conviction within a five-year period the Director of Public Safety shall revoke the driving privileges or driver’s license of the person convicted for a period of one year and the offender shall be required to have an ignition interlock device installed and operating on the designated motor vehicle driven by the offender for a period of two years.

On a third conviction the offender shall be required to have an ignition interlock device installed and operating on the designated motor vehicle driven by the offender for a period of three years.

On a fourth or subsequent conviction the offender shall be required to have an ignition interlock device installed and operating on the designated motor vehicle driven by the offender for a period of five years.

In the case of a repeat offender, if the repeat offender has a functioning ignition interlock device installed on the designated vehicle for the duration of the offender’s driver’s license suspension period.

The duration of the time an ignition interlock device is required by this section shall be doubled if the offender refused the prescribed chemical test for intoxication, or if the offender’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was 0.15 grams percent or greater.

Any ignition interlock driving violation committed by the offender during the mandated ignition interlock period shall extend the duration of ignition interlock use for six months from the date of violation.

This bill is still in the early stages of consideration and may fail and/or be amended, to follow the bill or to read the entire document, please go to >>>  Alabama House Bill 322

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