SB319 Summary

• Allows DUI offenders to install approved ignition interlock devices on their vehicles to stay driver's license suspension periods, with mandatory installation periods ranging from 6 months (first offense) to 5 years (fourth+ offense)

• Establishes the Alabama Ignition Interlock Indigent Fund to reimburse device providers for installation costs of indigent offenders, funded by 1.5% of all interlock provider payments collected from non-indigent defendants

• Requires offenders to pay $75 monthly for the first four months following conviction or device installation, with funds distributed to the Interlock Indigent Fund (45%), State Judicial Administration Fund (20%), Highway Traffic Safety Fund (20%), and District Attorney's Solicitor Fund (15%)

• Indigent defendants pay half the cost of device installation and maintenance for up to two years, then must pay full costs for any remaining interlock requirements

• Violation of ignition interlock restrictions constitutes a separate Class A misdemeanor with mandatory jail time (first offense: 6 months or $500 fine; subsequent offenses: 48 hours to 5 days jail) and extends interlock requirement by 6 months to 1 year