‘An Act To Require the Administration of a Chemical Test for Drivers Involved in Accidents That Cause Apparent Serious Bodily Injury’
| HP0088 LD 96 |
First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF |
LR 956 Item 2 |
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| Bill Tracking | Chamber Status | ||
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Require the Administration of a Chemical Test for Drivers Involved in Accidents That Cause Apparent Serious Bodily Injury’
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 1 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 5 in L.D.) by inserting before the following: " bodily injury" the following: ' apparent serious'
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 5 in the 4th line (page 1, line 14 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: " or" the following: ' apparent serious'
Amend the bill in section 3 by striking out all of subsection 6 and inserting the following:
summary
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. The amendment requires law enforcement officers to order mandatory chemical testing to be administered to determine the blood-alcohol level or drug concentration of an operator of a motor vehicle involved in an accident involving apparent serious bodily injury, just as current law requires for motor vehicle accidents involving death.