Bill Text: HI SB2527 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Driving Under the Influence; Taxi

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-21 - Referred to TIA/PSM, JDL. [SB2527 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2527-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2527
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO the USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 291E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§291E‑    Suspected violations; officer's discretion to call taxi.  If a person is stopped by a law enforcement officer for a suspected violation of section 291E-61 or 291E-61.5 but is not arrested at the scene of the stop pursuant to section 291E-33, the law enforcement officer may offer to call a taxi to take the person home."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Driving Under the Influence; Taxi

 

Description:

Authorizes a law enforcement officer to offer to call a taxi to take a person home who is stopped by the law enforcement officer for a suspected violation of operating or habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant but is not arrested at the scene of the stop.

 

 

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