HB 149 -- Forfeiture of Automobiles

Sponsor:  Ostmann

This bill allows the governing body of any city or county to
enact an ordinance which allows for the forfeiture of any motor
vehicle operated by a person with prior convictions for an
intoxication-related traffic offense and who is prohibited from
obtaining a driver's license or whose license is suspended or
revoked because of an intoxication-related offense or
involuntary manslaughter as a result of operating a motor
vehicle in an intoxicated condition.

The bill also permits ordinances which allow for impoundment or
forfeiture of a motor vehicle for prior or persistent offenders
and for persons convicted of two or more intoxication-related
offenses and thereafter found by chemical test to have been
driving a motor vehicle with excessive blood-alcohol
concentration or have refused to submit to a chemical test.

The bill sets out procedures to be followed in impoundments and
forfeitures.