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Requiring a distinguishing mark on driver’s licenses issued to persons convicted of a third or subsequent offense of operating while intoxicated
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 9, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People convicted of three or more drunk driving offenses must sign a statement promising not to drink alcohol in public or use drugs to get a special temporary driver's license. These licenses will have a special mark on the back, and the Department of Transportation can take the license away if they believe the person broke that promise. If the person follows these rules for five years without any new violations, they can get a regular driver's license without the special mark.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires an application for a temporary restricted license or driver’s license by a person convicted of a third or subsequent offense of operating while intoxicated to be accompanied by a statement signed by the person that the person will abstain from consuming alcoholic beverages in public and from possessing or using controlled substances. The bill requires the person’s temporary restricted license or driver’s license to contain a distinguishing mark on the back of the license. The bill provides that the person’s pledge to abstain from consuming alcoholic beverages in public and from possessing or using controlled substances is a condition of the issuance and validity of a temporary restricted license or driver’s license. The bill requires the department of transportation (DOT) to revoke the person’s temporary restricted license or driver’s license if the DOT has reasonable grounds to believe the person has consumed an alcoholic beverage in public or possessed or used a controlled substance after issuance of the license, whether or not the circumstances surrounding the consumption or possession involved the operation of a motor vehicle.14 permits judicial review of DOT actions in accordance with Code chapter 17A. The bill further provides that upon proper application and receipt of a valid driver’s license issued with the distinguishing mark by a person who has not consumed an alcoholic beverage in public or possessed or used a controlled substance within the five-year period immediately preceding the submission of the application, and whose driving record contains no operating-while-intoxicated violations within the five-year period immediately preceding the submission of the application, the DOT shall destroy the person’s license and issue to the person a duplicate driver’s license without the required distinguishing mark.