SB53 Summary

• Requires installation and operation of certified ignition interlock devices on vehicles for DUI offenders for increasing periods based on conviction number: 1 year (first), 2 years (second within 5 years), 3 years (third), and 5 years (fourth or subsequent).

• Mandates ignition interlock device installation as condition of bail for persons arrested for second or subsequent DUI violations, with 15-day compliance deadline.

• Authorizes Department of Public Safety to issue restricted driver's licenses for interlock-restricted drivers with fees up to $150 for issuance and $75 for reinstatement of regular license.

• Establishes Department of Forensic Sciences responsibility to certify and formulate rules for ignition interlock devices, requires trained technician installation in immediate vehicle proximity, and prohibits remote calibration systems.

• Creates indigency provisions allowing defendants determined to be indigent to pay 50% of interlock installation and maintenance costs, with 3% of all payments collected by providers going to Alabama Interlock Indigent Fund for reimbursement.