SB 0823 Changes the classification of an intoxication-related offense to a class D felony for prior offenders
Sponsor:Shields
LR Number:3066S.01I Fiscal Note:3066-01
Committee:Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
Last Action:03/02/04 - SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Journal page:
Jurisprudence Committee (3306S.02C)
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Effective Date:August 28, 2004
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SCS/SB 823 - This act defines a "persistent offender" as a person who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of two or more intoxication-related traffic offenses, involuntary manslaughter, assault in the second degree, or assault of a law enforcement officer in the second degree.

Currently, the law defines a "persistent offender" as a person who has pleaded guilty to or been found guilty of two or more intoxication-related traffic offenses within the past ten years, along being found guilty of the other offenses listed above.

Thus, the act eliminates the ten-year time limit and allows an individual to be considered a "persistent offender" even if the offenses are far apart in time.

Currently, the law defines a "prior offender" as a person who has pleaded guilty to or been found guilty of a prior intoxication-related traffic offense within the past five years. This time limit has not been changed.

Under this act, a first intoxication-related offense is a Class A misdemeanor (Section 577.010 and 577.012). A prior offender who has been convicted of one other offense in the past five years will be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor (Section 577.023). A persistent offender, who has been convicted of two or more offenses, regardless of when they occurred, will be guilty of a Class C felony(Section 577.023).
SUSAN HENDERSON