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First Substitute S.B. 147

Senator Lyle W. Hillyard proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
DRIVER LICENSE REVISIONS

             2     
2009 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Lyle W. Hillyard

             5     
House Sponsor: Kay L. McIff

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies the Uniform Driver License Act by amending provisions relating to
             10      the suspension or revocation of a driver license.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    provides that the Driver License Division may extend to a person a limited driving
             14      privilege to and from the person's place of employment when the person's original
             15      denial, suspension, revocation, or disqualification involved certain driving under the
             16      influence offenses if:
             17              .    the person has had the period of the first denial, suspension, revocation, or
             18      disqualification extended for a period of at least three years;
             19              .    the Driver License Division receives written verification from the person's
             20      primary care physician that to the physician's knowledge the person has not used
             21      any narcotic drug or other controlled substance except as prescribed by a
             22      licensed medical practitioner within the last three years; and
             23              .    for a period of one year prior to the date of the request for a limited driving
             24      privilege the person has not been convicted of a violation of any motor vehicle
             25      law in which the person was the operator of the vehicle or the Driver License


             26      Division has not received a report of an arrest for a violation of any motor vehicle law or a
             27      report of an accident in which the person was involved as an operator of the vehicle;
             28          .    provides that the discretionary privilege authorized is limited to when the limited
             29      privilege is necessary for the person to commute to school or work and may be
             30      granted only once during certain periods; and
             31          .    makes technical changes.
             32      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             33          None
             34      Other Special Clauses:
             35          None
             36      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             37      AMENDS:
             38          53-3-220, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 3, 226, and 296
             39     
             40      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             41          Section 1. Section 53-3-220 is amended to read:
             42           53-3-220. Offenses requiring mandatory revocation, denial, suspension, or
             43      disqualification of license -- Offense requiring an extension of period -- Hearing --
             44      Limited driving privileges.
             45          (1) (a) The division shall immediately revoke or, when this chapter or Title 41, Chapter
             46      6a, Traffic Code, specifically provides for denial, suspension, or disqualification, the division
             47      shall deny, suspend, or disqualify the license of a person upon receiving a record of the person's
             48      conviction for:
             49          (i) manslaughter or negligent homicide resulting from driving a motor vehicle, or
             50      automobile homicide under Section 76-5-207 ;
             51          (ii) driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the
             52      influence of alcohol, any drug, or combination of them to a degree that renders the person
             53      incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle as prohibited in Section 41-6a-502 or as prohibited
             54      in an ordinance that complies with the requirements of Subsection 41-6a-510 (1);
             55          (iii) driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having a blood
             56      or breath alcohol content prohibited in Section 41-6a-502 or as prohibited in an ordinance that


             57      complies with the requirements of Subsection 41-6a-510 (1);
             58          (iv) perjury or the making of a false affidavit to the division under this chapter, Title
             59      41, Motor Vehicles, or any other law of this state requiring the registration of motor vehicles or
             60      regulating driving on highways;
             61          (v) any felony under the motor vehicle laws of this state;
             62          (vi) any other felony in which a motor vehicle is used to facilitate the offense;
             63          (vii) failure to stop and render aid as required under the laws of this state if a motor
             64      vehicle accident results in the death or personal injury of another;
             65          (viii) two charges of reckless driving, impaired driving, or any combination of reckless
             66      driving and impaired driving committed within a period of 12 months; but if upon a first
             67      conviction of reckless driving or impaired driving the judge or justice recommends suspension
             68      of the convicted person's license, the division may after a hearing suspend the license for a
             69      period of three months;
             70          (ix) failure to bring a motor vehicle to a stop at the command of a peace officer as
             71      required in Section 41-6a-210 ;
             72          (x) any offense specified in Part 4, Uniform Commercial Driver License Act, that
             73      requires disqualification;
             74          (xi) a felony violation of Section 76-10-508 or 76-10-508.1 involving discharging or
             75      allowing the discharge of a firearm from a vehicle;
             76          (xii) using, allowing the use of, or causing to be used any explosive, chemical, or
             77      incendiary device from a vehicle in violation of Subsection 76-10-306 (4)(b);
             78          (xiii) operating or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having any
             79      measurable controlled substance or metabolite of a controlled substance in the person's body in
             80      violation of Section 41-6a-517 ;
             81          (xiv) until July 30, 2015, operating or being in actual physical control of a motor
             82      vehicle while having any alcohol in the person's body in violation of Section 53-3-232 ;
             83          (xv) operating or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having any
             84      measurable or detectable amount of alcohol in the person's body in violation of Section
             85      41-6a-530 ;
             86          (xvi) engaging in a motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed on a highway in
             87      violation of Section 41-6a-606 ; or


             88          (xvii) operating or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle in this state
             89      without an ignition interlock system in violation of Section 41-6a-518.2 .
             90          (b) The division shall immediately revoke the license of a person upon receiving a
             91      record of an adjudication under Title 78A, Chapter 6, Juvenile Court Act of 1996, for:
             92          (i) a felony violation of Section 76-10-508 or 76-10-508.1 involving discharging or
             93      allowing the discharge of a firearm from a vehicle; or
             94          (ii) using, allowing the use of, or causing to be used any explosive, chemical, or
             95      incendiary device from a vehicle in violation of Subsection 76-10-306 (4)(b).
             96          (c) Except when action is taken under Section 53-3-219 for the same offense, the
             97      division shall immediately suspend for six months the license of a person upon receiving a
             98      record of conviction for:
             99          (i) any violation of:
             100          (A) Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act;
             101          (B) Title 58, Chapter 37a, Utah Drug Paraphernalia Act;
             102          (C) Title 58, Chapter 37b, Imitation Controlled Substances Act;
             103          (D) Title 58, Chapter 37c, Utah Controlled Substance Precursor Act; or
             104          (E) Title 58, Chapter 37d, Clandestine Drug Lab Act; or
             105          (ii) any criminal offense that prohibits:
             106          (A) possession, distribution, manufacture, cultivation, sale, or transfer of any substance
             107      that is prohibited under the acts described in Subsection (1)(c)(i); or
             108          (B) the attempt or conspiracy to possess, distribute, manufacture, cultivate, sell, or
             109      transfer any substance that is prohibited under the acts described in Subsection (1)(c)(i).
             110          (2) The division shall extend the period of the first denial, suspension, revocation, or
             111      disqualification for an additional like period, to a maximum of one year for each subsequent
             112      occurrence, upon receiving:
             113          (a) a record of the conviction of any person on a charge of driving a motor vehicle
             114      while the person's license is denied, suspended, revoked, or disqualified;
             115          (b) a record of a conviction of the person for any violation of the motor vehicle law in
             116      which the person was involved as a driver;
             117          (c) a report of an arrest of the person for any violation of the motor vehicle law in
             118      which the person was involved as a driver; or


             119          (d) a report of an accident in which the person was involved as a driver.
             120          (3) When the division receives a report under Subsection (2)(c) or (d) that a person is
             121      driving while the person's license is denied, suspended, disqualified, or revoked, the person is
             122      entitled to a hearing regarding the extension of the time of denial, suspension, disqualification,
             123      or revocation originally imposed under Section 53-3-221 .
             124          (4) (a) The division may extend to a person the limited privilege of driving a motor
             125      vehicle to and from the person's place of employment or within other specified limits on
             126      recommendation of the [trial] judge in any case where a person is convicted of any of the
             127      offenses referred to in Subsections (1) and (2) except:
             128          (i) automobile homicide under Subsection (1)(a)(i);
             129          (ii) those offenses referred to in Subsections (1)(a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(xi), (a)(xii), (a)(xiii),
             130      (1)(b), and (1)(c); and
             131          (iii) those offenses referred to in Subsection (2) when the original denial, suspension,
             132      revocation, or disqualification was imposed because of a violation of Section 41-6a-502 ,
             133      41-6a-517 , a local ordinance which complies with the requirements of Subsection
             134      41-6a-510 (1), Section 41-6a-520 , or Section 76-5-207 , or a criminal prohibition that the person
             135      was charged with violating as a result of a plea bargain after having been originally charged
             136      with violating one or more of these sections or ordinances[.], unless:
             137          (A) the person has had the period of the first denial, suspension, revocation, or
             138      disqualification extended for a period of at least three years;
             139          (B) the division receives written verification from the person's primary care physician
             140      that to the physician's knowledge the person has not used any narcotic drug or other controlled
             141      substance except as prescribed by a licensed medical practitioner within the last three years;
             142      and
             143          (C) for a period of one year prior to the date of the request for a limited driving
             144      privilege:
             145          (I) the person has not been convicted of a violation of any motor vehicle law in which
             146      the person was involved as the operator of the vehicle;
             147          (II) the division has not received a report of an arrest for a violation of any motor
             148      vehicle law in which the person was involved as the operator of the vehicle; and
             149          (III) the division has not received a report of an accident in which the person was


             150      involved as an operator of a vehicle.
             151          (b) (i) [This] Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b)(ii), the discretionary privilege
             152      authorized in this Subsection (4):
             153          (A) is limited to when undue hardship would result from a failure to grant the
             154      privilege; and
             155          (B) may be granted only once to any person during any single period of denial,
             156      suspension, revocation, or disqualification, or extension of that denial, suspension, revocation,
             157      or disqualification.
             158          (ii) The discretionary privilege authorized in Subsection (4)(a)(iii):
             159          (A) is limited to when the limited privilege is necessary for the person to commute to
             160      school or work; and
             161          (B) may be granted only once to any person during any single period of denial,
             162      suspension, revocation, or disqualification, or extension of that denial, suspension, revocation
             163      or disqualification.
             164          (c) A limited CDL may not be granted to a person disqualified under Part 4, Uniform
             165      Commercial Driver License Act, or whose license has been revoked, suspended, cancelled, or
             166      denied under this chapter.


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