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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 700
BY REPRESENTATIVE PYLANT
DWI: Provides relative to hardship licenses
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:414(A)(1)(c)(ii), relative to driver's licenses; to provide for2
eligibility of a restricted driver's license; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 32:414(A)(1)(c)(ii) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as5
follows:6
ยง414. Suspension, revocation, renewal, and cancellation of licenses; judicial review7
A.(1)8
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(c)10
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(ii) Upon second offense, if the offender has a blood alcohol concentration12
of 0.20 percent or greater, his driver's license shall be suspended for four years. The13
offender shall be eligible for a restricted license during the entire four-year period14
of the suspension after a period of forty-five days of suspension and after he has15
provided proof to the department that his motor vehicle is equipped with a16
functioning ignition interlock device. A functioning ignition interlock device shall17
remain installed on his vehicle during the first three-year period of the four-year18
period of the suspension of his driver's license following the issuance of the19
restricted license.20 HLS 12RS-1145 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 700
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not1
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature2
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If3
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become4
effective on the day following such approval.5
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)]
Pylant HB No. 700
Abstract: Provides for issuance of a restricted driver's license after suspension of a driver's
license following a second offense DWI.
Present law provides that upon a second offense DWI, if the offender has a blood alcohol
concentration of 0.20% or greater, his driver's license will be suspended for four years. The
offender shall be eligible for a restricted license during the entire four-year period of the
suspension after he has provided proof to the department that his motor vehicle is equipped
with a functioning ignition interlock device. A functioning ignition interlock device shall
remain installed on his vehicle during the first three-year period of the four-year period of
the suspension of his driver's license.
Proposed law provides that upon a second offense DWI, if the offender has a blood alcohol
concentration of 0.20% or greater, his driver's license shall be suspended for four years. The
offender shall be eligible for a restricted license after 45 days of suspension and after he has
provided proof to the department that his motor vehicle is equipped with a functioning
ignition interlock device. A functioning ignition interlock device shall remain installed on
his vehicle during the three-year period following the issuance of the restricted license.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 32:414(A)(1)(c)(ii))