HB 1366 Summary

• Establishes that driver's license suspension appeals for DUI offenses are heard in circuit or county court rather than chancery court, with appeals proceeding as trials de novo.

• Requires all suspension or restriction of driving privileges for DUI violations to run consecutively rather than concurrently.

• Increases license suspension for test refusal to one year for persons with a prior DUI offense or nonadjudication, up from 90 days.

• Creates new ignition-interlock device requirements and compliance-based removal provisions, with courts determining indigence to waive costs; eliminates vehicle forfeiture statutes for third or subsequent DUI offenses.

• Modifies DUI sentencing guidelines: second offense imprisonment increased to six months, penalty structure revised for third and fourth offenses, and nonadjudication program eligibility limited to first offenses with blood alcohol concentration below 0.2%.