AL HB381

Director of Public Safety may stay the required 90-day driver's license suspension for first-time DUI convictions if the offender installs an approved ignition interlock device for six months.

For subsequent DUI offenses, the director may reduce the suspension period if an ignition interlock device is installed; device must remain operational for two to five years depending on the conviction number.

Monthly monitoring fees of $75 for the first four months are divided among the Alabama Interlock Indigent Fund (45%), State Judicial Administration Fund (20%), Highway Traffic Safety Fund (20%), and District Attorney's Solicitor Fund (15%).

Establishes the Alabama Ignition Interlock Indigent Fund to reimburse device providers for installations on vehicles of indigent persons; interlock providers must contribute 1.5% of collected payments to the fund.

Specifies that courts must determine indigency using the same criteria as Section 15-12-5(b) and (c); indigent offenders pay one-half the device costs for up to two years, then full costs for remaining sentence.