Bill Text: HI HB1181 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Motor Vehicle; Under the Influence; Habitual Offender
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-15 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). [HB1181 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-HB1181-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO driving under the influence.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291E-61.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) For the purposes of this section:
"Convicted three or more times for offenses of operating a vehicle under the influence" means that, at the time of the behavior for which the person is charged under this section, the person had three or more times within ten years of the instant offense:
(1) A judgment on a verdict or a finding of guilty, or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, for a violation of this section or section 291-4, 291-4.4, or 291-7 as those sections were in effect on December 31, 2001, or section 291E-61 or 707-702.5;
(2) A judgment on a verdict or a finding of guilty, or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, for an offense that is comparable to this section or section 291-4, 291-4.4, or 291-7 as those sections were in effect on December 31, 2001, or section 291E-61 or 707-702.5; or
(3) An adjudication of a minor for a law or probation violation that, if committed by an adult, would constitute a violation of this section or section 291-4, 291-4.4, or 291-7 as those sections were in effect on December 31, 2001, or section 291E-61 or 707-702.5;
that, at the time of the instant offense, had not
been expunged by pardon, reversed, or set aside. All convictions that have
been expunged by pardon, reversed, or set aside prior to the instant offense
shall not be deemed prior convictions for the purposes of proving that
the [person's status as] person is a habitual operator of a
vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant[.]; and
[A person has the status of a "habitual]
"Habitual operator of a vehicle while under the influence of an
intoxicant" [if the] means a person who has been
convicted three or more times within ten years of the instant offense, for
offenses of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant[.] or
has been convicted within ten years of the instant offense, for habitually
operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant, which
conviction was not expunged by pardon, reversed, or set aside, at the time of
the instant offense."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Motor Vehicle; Operation; Under the Influence
Description:
Amends the definition of a "habitual offender" to also mean a person who was convicted of habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant within ten years of the instant offense of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.
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