Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 118 - DUI - provide zero tolerance for those under 21

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1. Perdue  18th           2. Dean  31st              3. Hill  4th


Senate Comm: S Judy     /         House Comm: SJudy      /                                          
Senate Vote: Yeas 51    Nays 0                                                                      
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              Senate          Action          House                                                 
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             1/23/95   Read 1st time          2/5/96                                                
             1/26/96   Favorably Reported                                                           
             1/29/96   Read 2nd Time          2/6/96                                                
             2/2/96    Read 3rd Time                                                                
             2/2/96    Passed/Adopted                                                               
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Code Sections amended: 40-6-391                                                                     


SB 11895                                          LC 16 3878

      SENATE BILL 118

      By:  Senators Perdue of the 18th, Dean of the 31st,
           Hill of the 4th and others

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 40-6-391 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to driving under the influence
  1- 3  of alcohol or drugs, so as to provide for a zero tolerance
  1- 4  for drivers under the age of 21; to provide for related
  1- 5  matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 7  Code Section 40-6-391 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 8  Annotated, relating to driving under the influence of
  1- 9  alcohol or drugs, is amended by striking subsection (k) of
  1-10  said Code section in its entirety and inserting in lieu
  1-11  thereof a new subsection (k) to read as follows:

  1-12    "(k) A person under the age of 18 21 shall not drive or be
  1-13    in actual physical control of any moving vehicle while the
  1-14    person's alcohol concentration is 0.04 0.02 grams or more
  1-15    at any time within three hours after such driving or being
  1-16    in physical control from alcohol consumed before such
  1-17    driving or being in actual physical control ended.  Every
  1-18    person convicted of violating this subsection shall be
  1-19    guilty of a misdemeanor for the first and second
  1-20    convictions and upon a third or subsequent conviction
  1-21    thereof be guilty of a high and aggravated misdemeanor and
  1-22    shall be punished and fined as provided in subsection (c)
  1-23    of this Code section.  No plea of nolo contendere shall be
  1-24    accepted for any person under the age of 18 21 charged
  1-25    with a violation of this Code section."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-26  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-27  repealed.






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