FIRST REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRIS (23).
Read 1st time February 26, 2007 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 577, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to enhanced penalties for high blood alcohol content, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 577, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 577.024, to read as follows:
577.024. When a person is convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense the following penalties apply when the person's blood, breath, or urine was sixteen-hundredths of one percent or more based on the definition of blood, breath, saliva, or urine units in section 577.012:
(1) A person who is convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense a first time, in addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, is subject to a mandatory minimum of one hundred hours of community service and a minimum fine of five hundred dollars;
(2) A person who is convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense a second time within a ten-year period, in addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, is subject to a mandatory minimum of two days of imprisonment and a minimum fine of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars;
(3) A person who is convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense a third time within a twenty-year period is guilty of a Class B felony and, in addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, is subject to a mandatory minimum of ninety days of imprisonment and a minimum fine of two thousand five hundred dollars;
(4) A person who is convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense a fourth or subsequent time, in addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, is not eligible for a sentence of probation or condition discharge and is subject to a minimum fine of two thousand five hundred dollars.
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