First Substitute H.B. 303

Representative Lee B. Perry proposes the following substitute bill:

             1      DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AMENDMENTS
             2      2014 GENERAL SESSION
             3      STATE OF UTAH
             4      Chief Sponsor: Lee B. Perry
             5      Senate Sponsor: ____________
             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies the Traffic Code by amending driving under the influence provisions.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    changes one of the standards for a driving under the influence violation from "being
             13      under the influence of alcohol, any drug, or the combined influence of alcohol and
             14      any drug to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely operating a vehicle,"
             15      to "being impaired to the slightest degree by alcohol, any drug, any substance, or
             16      any combination thereof;" and
             17          .    makes technical corrections.
             18      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24           41-6a-502 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 109
             25     

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             26      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             27          Section 1. Section 41-6a-502 is amended to read:
             28           41-6a-502. Driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination of
             29      both or with specified or unsafe blood alcohol concentration -- Reporting of convictions.
             30          (1) A person may not operate or be in actual physical control of a vehicle within this
             31      state if the person:
             32          (a) has sufficient alcohol in the person's body that a subsequent chemical test shows
             33      that the person has a blood or breath alcohol concentration of .08 grams or greater at the time
             34      of the test;
             35          (b) is [under the influence of] impaired to the slightest degree by alcohol, any drug, [or
             36      the combined influence of alcohol and any drug to a degree that renders the person incapable of
             37      safely operating a vehicle] any substance, or any combination thereof; or
             38          (c) has a blood or breath alcohol concentration of .08 grams or greater at the time of
             39      operation or actual physical control.
             40          (2) As used in Subsection (1)(b), "substance" means any substance, preparation, or a
             41      combination of substances and preparations, other than alcohol or a drug, that is taken into a
             42      person's body, including vapors or fumes, that may result in a condition of impairment or
             43      intoxication.
             44          (3) Subsection (1)(b) does not prohibit a person from operating or being in actual
             45      physical control of a vehicle in this state with any measurable or detectable amount of alcohol
             46      in the person's body.
             47          [(2)] (4) Alcohol concentration in the blood shall be based upon grams of alcohol per
             48      100 milliliters of blood, and alcohol concentration in the breath shall be based upon grams of
             49      alcohol per 210 liters of breath.
             50          [(3)] (5) A violation of this section includes a violation under a local ordinance similar
             51      to this section adopted in compliance with Section 41-6a-510 .
             52          [(4)] (6) Beginning on July 1, 2012, a court shall, monthly, send to the Division of
             53      Occupational and Professional Licensing, created in Section 58-1-103 , a report containing the
             54      name, case number, and, if known, the date of birth of each person convicted during the
             55      preceding month of a violation of this section for whom there is evidence that the person was
             56      driving under the influence, in whole or in part, of a prescribed controlled substance.

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