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GA HB1136
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/23/2012
Primary Sponsor
Alan Powell
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AI Summary
- Amends Georgia Code Section 40-6-391 to require that the DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Program be completed before or within 120 days of conviction or release from incarceration, for all DUI conviction levels (first through fourth or subsequent)
- Changes the clinical evaluation requirement so that it must be triggered "upon satisfactory completion of" the Risk Reduction Program, rather than being an independent standalone requirement
- Applies these modified clinical evaluation and Risk Reduction Program timing provisions uniformly across all DUI offense levels, including misdemeanor (1st/2nd), high and aggravated misdemeanor (3rd), and felony (4th or subsequent) convictions within a ten-year period
- Retains the court's discretion to waive the clinical evaluation for first-offense DUI convictions
- Effective date of July 1, 2012; sponsored by Representatives Rice of the 51st and Powell of the 29th districts
Legislative Description
Driving under the influence; clinical evaluation; modify provisions
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/24/2012
Committee Referrals
Judiciary - Non-Civil2/23/2012
Full Bill Text
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