Senate Bill sb2442

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2442

    By Senator Campbell





    32-1058-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to driving under the influence;

  3         amending s. 316.193, F.S.; requiring the

  4         arresting law enforcement agency to impound a

  5         vehicle used in committing an offense of

  6         driving under the influence for a specified

  7         period; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (9) of section 316.193, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         316.193  Driving under the influence; penalties.--

14         (9)(a)  A person who is arrested for a violation of

15  this section may not be released from custody:

16         1.(a)  Until the person is no longer under the

17  influence of alcoholic beverages, any chemical substance set

18  forth in s. 877.111, or any substance controlled under chapter

19  893 and affected to the extent that his or her normal

20  faculties are impaired;

21         2.(b)  Until the person's blood-alcohol level or

22  breath-alcohol level is less than 0.05; or

23         3.(c)  Until 8 hours have elapsed from the time the

24  person was arrested.

25         (b)  In addition to the requirements of paragraph (a),

26  the arresting law enforcement agency shall impound for 24

27  hours a motor vehicle that is used in a violation of this

28  section.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2442
    32-1058-03




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 3    Requires that the arresting law enforcement agency
      impound for 24 hours a vehicle used in an offense of
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