HB697 Alabama 2012 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Mike JonesRepublican- 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