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S.B. 147 Enrolled

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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
             16      the 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
             21      used any narcotic drug or other controlled substance except as prescribed by a
             22      licensed medical practitioner within the last three years and that the physician
             23      is not aware of any physical, emotional, or mental impairment that would affect
             24      the person's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely; and
             25              .    for a period of one year prior to the date of the request for a limited driving
             26      privilege the person has not been convicted of a violation of any motor vehicle
             27      law in which the person was the operator of the vehicle or the Driver License
             28      Division has not received a report of an arrest for a violation of any motor
             29      vehicle law or a report of an accident in which the person was involved as an

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             30      operator of the vehicle;
             31          .    provides that the discretionary privilege authorized is limited to when the limited
             32      privilege is necessary for the person to commute to school or work and may be
             33      granted only once during certain periods; and
             34          .    makes technical changes.
             35      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             36          None
             37      Other Special Clauses:
             38          None
             39      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             40      AMENDS:
             41          53-3-220, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 3, 226, and 296
             42     
             43      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             44          Section 1. Section 53-3-220 is amended to read:
             45           53-3-220. Offenses requiring mandatory revocation, denial, suspension, or
             46      disqualification of license -- Offense requiring an extension of period -- Hearing --
             47      Limited driving privileges.
             48          (1) (a) The division shall immediately revoke or, when this chapter or Title 41,
             49      Chapter 6a, Traffic Code, specifically provides for denial, suspension, or disqualification, the
             50      division shall deny, suspend, or disqualify the license of a person upon receiving a record of
             51      the person's conviction for:
             52          (i) manslaughter or negligent homicide resulting from driving a motor vehicle, or
             53      automobile homicide under Section 76-5-207 ;
             54          (ii) driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the
             55      influence of alcohol, any drug, or combination of them to a degree that renders the person
             56      incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle as prohibited in Section 41-6a-502 or as prohibited
             57      in an ordinance that complies with the requirements of Subsection 41-6a-510 (1);

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             58          (iii) driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having a blood
             59      or breath alcohol content prohibited in Section 41-6a-502 or as prohibited in an ordinance that
             60      complies with the requirements of Subsection 41-6a-510 (1);
             61          (iv) perjury or the making of a false affidavit to the division under this chapter, Title
             62      41, Motor Vehicles, or any other law of this state requiring the registration of motor vehicles
             63      or regulating driving on highways;
             64          (v) any felony under the motor vehicle laws of this state;
             65          (vi) any other felony in which a motor vehicle is used to facilitate the offense;
             66          (vii) failure to stop and render aid as required under the laws of this state if a motor
             67      vehicle accident results in the death or personal injury of another;
             68          (viii) two charges of reckless driving, impaired driving, or any combination of reckless
             69      driving and impaired driving committed within a period of 12 months; but if upon a first
             70      conviction of reckless driving or impaired driving the judge or justice recommends suspension
             71      of the convicted person's license, the division may after a hearing suspend the license for a
             72      period of three months;
             73          (ix) failure to bring a motor vehicle to a stop at the command of a peace officer as
             74      required in Section 41-6a-210 ;
             75          (x) any offense specified in Part 4, Uniform Commercial Driver License Act, that
             76      requires disqualification;
             77          (xi) a felony violation of Section 76-10-508 or 76-10-508.1 involving discharging or
             78      allowing the discharge of a firearm from a vehicle;
             79          (xii) using, allowing the use of, or causing to be used any explosive, chemical, or
             80      incendiary device from a vehicle in violation of Subsection 76-10-306 (4)(b);
             81          (xiii) operating or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having any
             82      measurable controlled substance or metabolite of a controlled substance in the person's body in
             83      violation of Section 41-6a-517 ;
             84          (xiv) until July 30, 2015, operating or being in actual physical control of a motor
             85      vehicle while having any alcohol in the person's body in violation of Section 53-3-232 ;

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             86          (xv) operating or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having any
             87      measurable or detectable amount of alcohol in the person's body in violation of Section
             88      41-6a-530 ;
             89          (xvi) engaging in a motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed on a highway in
             90      violation of Section 41-6a-606 ; or
             91          (xvii) operating or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle in this state
             92      without an ignition interlock system in violation of Section 41-6a-518.2 .
             93          (b) The division shall immediately revoke the license of a person upon receiving a
             94      record of an adjudication under Title 78A, Chapter 6, Juvenile Court Act of 1996, for:
             95          (i) a felony violation of Section 76-10-508 or 76-10-508.1 involving discharging or
             96      allowing the discharge of a firearm from a vehicle; or
             97          (ii) using, allowing the use of, or causing to be used any explosive, chemical, or
             98      incendiary device from a vehicle in violation of Subsection 76-10-306 (4)(b).
             99          (c) Except when action is taken under Section 53-3-219 for the same offense, the
             100      division shall immediately suspend for six months the license of a person upon receiving a
             101      record of conviction for:
             102          (i) any violation of:
             103          (A) Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act;
             104          (B) Title 58, Chapter 37a, Utah Drug Paraphernalia Act;
             105          (C) Title 58, Chapter 37b, Imitation Controlled Substances Act;
             106          (D) Title 58, Chapter 37c, Utah Controlled Substance Precursor Act; or
             107          (E) Title 58, Chapter 37d, Clandestine Drug Lab Act; or
             108          (ii) any criminal offense that prohibits:
             109          (A) possession, distribution, manufacture, cultivation, sale, or transfer of any
             110      substance that is prohibited under the acts described in Subsection (1)(c)(i); or
             111          (B) the attempt or conspiracy to possess, distribute, manufacture, cultivate, sell, or
             112      transfer any substance that is prohibited under the acts described in Subsection (1)(c)(i).
             113          (2) The division shall extend the period of the first denial, suspension, revocation, or

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             114      disqualification for an additional like period, to a maximum of one year for each subsequent
             115      occurrence, upon receiving:
             116          (a) a record of the conviction of any person on a charge of driving a motor vehicle
             117      while the person's license is denied, suspended, revoked, or disqualified;
             118          (b) a record of a conviction of the person for any violation of the motor vehicle law in
             119      which the person was involved as a driver;
             120          (c) a report of an arrest of the person for any violation of the motor vehicle law in
             121      which the person was involved as a driver; or
             122          (d) a report of an accident in which the person was involved as a driver.
             123          (3) When the division receives a report under Subsection (2)(c) or (d) that a person is
             124      driving while the person's license is denied, suspended, disqualified, or revoked, the person is
             125      entitled to a hearing regarding the extension of the time of denial, suspension, disqualification,
             126      or revocation originally imposed under Section 53-3-221 .
             127          (4) (a) The division may extend to a person the limited privilege of driving a motor
             128      vehicle to and from the person's place of employment or within other specified limits on
             129      recommendation of the [trial] judge in any case where a person is convicted of any of the
             130      offenses referred to in Subsections (1) and (2) except:
             131          (i) automobile homicide under Subsection (1)(a)(i);
             132          (ii) those offenses referred to in Subsections (1)(a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(xi), (a)(xii), (a)(xiii),
             133      (1)(b), and (1)(c); and
             134          (iii) those offenses referred to in Subsection (2) when the original denial, suspension,
             135      revocation, or disqualification was imposed because of a violation of Section 41-6a-502 ,
             136      41-6a-517 , a local ordinance which complies with the requirements of Subsection
             137      41-6a-510 (1), Section 41-6a-520 , or Section 76-5-207 , or a criminal prohibition that the
             138      person was charged with violating as a result of a plea bargain after having been originally
             139      charged with violating one or more of these sections or ordinances[.], unless:
             140          (A) the person has had the period of the first denial, suspension, revocation, or
             141      disqualification extended for a period of at least three years;

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             142          (B) the division receives written verification from the person's primary care physician
             143      that:
             144          (I) to the physician's knowledge the person has not used any narcotic drug or other
             145      controlled substance except as prescribed by a licensed medical practitioner within the last
             146      three years; and
             147          (II) the physician is not aware of any physical, emotional, or mental impairment that
             148      would affect the person's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely; and
             149          (C) for a period of one year prior to the date of the request for a limited driving
             150      privilege:
             151          (I) the person has not been convicted of a violation of any motor vehicle law in which
             152      the person was involved as the operator of the vehicle;
             153          (II) the division has not received a report of an arrest for a violation of any motor
             154      vehicle law in which the person was involved as the operator of the vehicle; and
             155          (III) the division has not received a report of an accident in which the person was
             156      involved as an operator of a vehicle.
             157          (b) (i) [This] Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b)(ii), the discretionary privilege
             158      authorized in this Subsection (4):
             159          (A) is limited to when undue hardship would result from a failure to grant the
             160      privilege; 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          (ii) The discretionary privilege authorized in Subsection (4)(a)(iii):
             165          (A) is limited to when the limited privilege is necessary for the person to commute to
             166      school or work; and
             167          (B) may be granted only once to any person during any single period of denial,
             168      suspension, revocation, or disqualification, or extension of that denial, suspension, revocation,
             169      or disqualification.

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             170          (c) A limited CDL may not be granted to a person disqualified under Part 4, Uniform
             171      Commercial Driver License Act, or whose license has been revoked, suspended, cancelled, or
             172      denied under this chapter.

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