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HB697 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Mike Jones
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
Driving under the influence, suspension period for refusing to submit to a blood alcohol content test increased to over a year
Description

Under existing law, any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state is deemed to have given his or her consent to blood, breath, or urine tests for blood alcohol content.

Also under existing law, the driver's license of a person is subject to suspension for 90 days upon a first refusal to submit to a test for blood alcohol content.

This bill would increase the suspension period for failure to submit to a test for blood alcohol content from 90 days to one year.

Subjects
Driving Under the Influence

Bill Actions

Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature