Bill Text: PA SB954 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-11-01 - Referred to JUDICIARY [SB954 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB954-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1090
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 954 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, STACK, VOGEL, ERICKSON, KASUNIC, ALLOWAY, WOZNIAK, D. WHITE, RAFFERTY, BREWSTER, TARTAGLIONE, FARNESE AND WARD, APRIL 25, 2011
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 25, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for driving under influence of
alcohol or controlled substance.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3802(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3802. Driving under influence of alcohol or controlled
substance.
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(d) Controlled substances.--An individual may not drive,
operate or be in actual physical control of the movement of a
vehicle under any of the following circumstances:
(1) There is in the individual's blood any amount of a:
(i) Schedule I controlled substance, as defined in
the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The
Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act;
(ii) Schedule II or Schedule III controlled
substance, as defined in The Controlled Substance, Drug,
Device and Cosmetic Act, which has not been medically
prescribed for the individual; or
(iii) metabolite of a substance under subparagraph
(i) or (ii).
(2) The individual is under the influence of a drug or
combination of drugs to a degree which impairs the
individual's ability to safely drive, operate or be in actual
physical control of the movement of the vehicle.
(3) The individual is under the combined influence of
alcohol and a drug or combination of drugs to a degree which
impairs the individual's ability to safely drive, operate or
be in actual physical control of the movement of the vehicle.
(4) The individual is under the influence of a solvent
or noxious substance in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 7303
(relating to sale or illegal use of certain solvents and
noxious substances).
(5) There is in the individual's blood an amount of
methadone which exceeds the amount prescribed to the
individual or there is in the individual's blood any amount
of methadone in combination with alcohol or other drugs.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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