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IN SB0142
Bill
AI Summary
Senate Enrolled Act 142 Summary
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Extends the lookback period for prior operating while intoxicated convictions from 5 years to 10 years when determining felony level for causing death while driving impaired.
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Increases penalty from Level 5 felony to Level 4 felony for causing death while operating a vehicle with 0.08+ alcohol concentration, schedule I or II controlled substances, or while intoxicated if the driver has a prior operating while intoxicated conviction within the 10-year period.
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Creates Level 4 felony offense for drivers age 21+ who cause death while operating with 0.15+ alcohol concentration or schedule I or II controlled substances.
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Establishes Level 6 felony for causing death of a law enforcement animal while operating a vehicle with impaired driving conditions.
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Allows separate offenses to be charged for each person or law enforcement animal whose death results from impaired operation, effective July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Operating while intoxicated. Provides that a person who commits the offense of causing the death of another person when operating a vehicle: (1) with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least 0.08 gram of alcohol per 100 milliliters of the person's blood or 210 liters of the person's breath; (2) with a controlled substance listed in schedule I or II or its metabolite in the person's blood; or (3) while intoxicated; commits a Level 4 felony instead of a Level 5 felony if the person has a previous conviction of operating while intoxicated within 10 years preceding the commission of
Last Action
Public Law 26
3/21/2016