Bill Text: MI HB5743 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; blood alcohol level requirement for certain alcohol-related offenses; eliminate sunset for .08 limit. Amends secs. 33 & 48, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.33 & 777.48). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5742'16

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-09-13 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5743 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5743-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5743

June 8, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Pscholka and Sarah Roberts and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.

 

      A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

by amending sections 33 and 48 of chapter XVII (MCL 777.33 and

 

777.48), as amended by 2013 PA 24.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1                           CHAPTER XVII

 

 2        Sec. 33. (1) Offense variable 3 is physical injury to a

 

 3  victim. Score offense variable 3 by determining which of the

 

 4  following apply and by assigning the number of points attributable

 

 5  to the one that has the highest number of points:

 

 

 6      (a) A victim was killed...........................      100 points

 7      (b) A victim was killed...........................      50 points

 1      (c) Life threatening or permanent incapacitating       

 2 injury occurred to a victim............................      25 points

 3      (d) Bodily injury requiring medical treatment          

 4 occurred to a victim...................................      10 points

 5      (e) Bodily injury not requiring medical treatment      

 6 occurred to a victim...................................      5 points

 7      (f) No physical injury occurred to a victim.......      0 points

 

 

 8        (2) All of the following apply to scoring offense variable 3:

 

 9        (a) In multiple offender cases, if 1 offender is assessed

 

10  points for death or physical injury, all offenders shall be

 

11  assessed the same number of points.

 

12        (b) Score 100 points if death results from the commission of a

 

13  crime and homicide is not the sentencing offense.

 

14        (c) Score 50 points if death results from the commission of a

 

15  crime and the offense or attempted offense involves the operation

 

16  of a vehicle, vessel, ORV, snowmobile, aircraft, or locomotive and

 

17  any of the following apply:

 

18        (i) The offender was under the influence of or visibly

 

19  impaired by the use of alcoholic liquor, a controlled substance, or

 

20  a combination of alcoholic liquor and a controlled substance.

 

21        (ii) The offender had an alcohol content of 0.08 grams or more

 

22  per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67

 

23  milliliters of urine. or, beginning October 1, 2018, the offender

 

24  had an alcohol content of 0.10 grams or more per 100 milliliters of

 

25  blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine.

 

26        (iii) The offender's body contained any amount of a controlled

 

27  substance listed in schedule 1 under section 7212 of the public

 1  health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7212, or a rule promulgated under

 

 2  that section, or a controlled substance described in section

 

 3  7214(a)(iv) of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7214.

 

 4        (d) Do not score 5 points if bodily injury is an element of

 

 5  the sentencing offense.

 

 6        (3) As used in this section, "requiring medical treatment"

 

 7  refers to the necessity for treatment and not the victim's success

 

 8  in obtaining treatment.

 

 9        Sec. 48. (1) Offense variable 18 is operator ability affected

 

10  by alcohol or drugs. Score offense variable 18 by determining which

 

11  of the following apply and by assigning the number of points

 

12  attributable to the one that has the highest number of points:

 

 

13      (a) The offender operated a vehicle, vessel, ORV,      

14 snowmobile, aircraft, or locomotive when his or her         

15 bodily alcohol content was 0.20 grams or more per 100       

16 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per      

17 67 milliliters of urine................................      20 points

18      (b) The offender operated a vehicle, vessel, ORV,      

19 snowmobile, aircraft, or locomotive when his or her         

20 bodily alcohol content was 0.15 grams or more but less      

21 than 0.20 grams per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210       

22 liters of breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine.......      15 points

23      (c) The offender operated a vehicle, vessel, ORV,      

24 snowmobile, aircraft, or locomotive while the offender      

25 was under the influence of alcoholic or intoxicating        

26 liquor, a controlled substance, or a combination of         

27 alcoholic or intoxicating liquor and a controlled           

 1 substance; or while the offender's body contained any       

 2 amount of a controlled substance listed in schedule 1       

 3 under section 7212 of the public health code, 1978 PA       

 4 368, MCL 333.7212, or a rule promulgated under that         

 5 section, or a controlled substance described in section     

 6 7214(a)(iv) of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL      

 7 333.7214; or while the offender had an alcohol content      

 8 of 0.08 grams or more but less than 0.15 grams per 100      

 9 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per      

10 67 milliliters of urine. or, beginning October 1,           

11 2018, the offender had an alcohol content of 0.10 grams     

12 or more but less than 0.15 grams per 100 milliliters of     

13 blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 milliliters      

14 of urine...............................................      10 points

15      (d) The offender operated a vehicle, vessel, ORV,      

16 snowmobile, aircraft, or locomotive while he or she was     

17 visibly impaired by the use of alcoholic or intoxicating    

18 liquor or a controlled substance or a combination of        

19 alcoholic or intoxicating liquor and a controlled           

20 substance, or was less than 21 years of age and had any     

21 bodily alcohol content.................................      5 points

22      (e) The offender's ability to operate a vehicle,       

23 vessel, ORV, snowmobile, aircraft, or locomotive was not    

24 affected by an alcoholic or intoxicating liquor or a        

25 controlled substance or a combination of alcoholic or       

26 intoxicating liquor and a controlled substance.........      0 points

 

 

27        (2) As used in this section, "any bodily alcohol content"

 1  means either of the following:

 

 2        (a) An alcohol content of 0.02 grams or more but less than

 

 3  0.08 grams per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath,

 

 4  or per 67 milliliters of urine. or, beginning October 1, 2018, 0.02

 

 5  grams or more but less than 0.10 grams per 100 milliliters of

 

 6  blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine.

 

 7        (b) Any presence of alcohol within an individual's body

 

 8  resulting from the consumption of alcoholic or intoxicating liquor

 

 9  other than the consumption of alcoholic or intoxicating liquor as

 

10  part of a generally recognized religious service or ceremony.

 

11        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

12  after the date it is enacted into law.

 

13        Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

14  unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5742 (request no.

 

15  05936'16) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.