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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 533
BY REPRESENTATIVE HODGES
DWI: Revises implied consent law to change term "machine" to "instrument"
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:662.1, relative to driving while intoxicated; to provide for2
admission of intoxilyzer instrument recertification forms; and to provide for related3
matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:662.1 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง662.1. Admissibility7
In all criminal cases where intoxication is an issue, any certificate or writing8
made in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 32:663, including but not limited to9
intoxilyzer machine instrument recertification forms, and other certificates or10
writings made with respect to the chemical analyses of a person's blood, urine,11
breath, or other bodily substance, shall be admissible as evidence.12
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Hodges HB No. 533
Abstract: Provides that in all criminal cases where intoxication is an issue, any certificate
or writing made in accordance with law, including but not limited to intoxilyzer
instrument recertification forms, shall be admissible as evidence.
Present law provides that in all criminal cases where intoxication is an issue, any certificate
or writing made in accordance with law, including but not limited to intoxilyzer machine
recertification forms, shall be admissible as evidence.
Proposed law changes "machine" to "instrument".
(Amends R.S. 32:662.1)