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Richmond Sunlight » SB299: DUI of alcohol or drugs; maximum punishment.
SENATE BILL NO. 299 Offered January 11, 2006 Prefiled January 10, 2006 A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-270 of the Code of Virginia, relating to maximum punishment for DUI.
Patron-- Cuccinelli
1. That § 18.2-270 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
A. Except as otherwise provided herein, any person violating any provision of § 18.2-266 shall be is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum fine of $250. If the person's blood alcohol level of a person convicted of a first offense, as indicated by the chemical test administered as provided in this article, was at least 0.15, but not more than 0.20, he shall be confined in jail for an additional a mandatory minimum period of five days or, if the level was more than 0.20, for an additional a mandatory minimum period of 10 days.
B. 1. Any person convicted of a second offense committed within less than five years after a first offense under § 18.2-266 shall upon conviction of the second offense be punished by a mandatory minimum fine of $500 and by confinement in jail for not less than one month nor more than one year. Twenty days of such confinement shall be a mandatory minimum sentence. If such person's blood alcohol level as indicated by the chemical test administered as provided in this article was at least 0.15, but not more than 0.20, he shall be confined in jail for a mandatory minimum period of 10 days or, if the level was more than 0.20, for a mandatory minimum period of 20 days. In addition, such person shall be punished by a mandatory minimum fine of $500.
2. Any person convicted of a second offense committed within a period of five to 10 years of a first offense under § 18.2-266 shall upon conviction of the second offense be punished by a mandatory minimum fine of $500 and by confinement in jail for not less than one month. Ten days of such confinement shall be a mandatory minimum sentence. If such person's blood alcohol level as indicated by the chemical test administered as provided in this article was at least 0.15, but not more than 0.20, he shall be confined in jail for a mandatory minimum period of 10 days or, if the level was more than 0.20, for a mandatory minimum period of 20 days. In addition, such person shall be punished by a mandatory minimum fine of $500.
C. 1. Any person convicted of three offenses of § 18.2-266 committed within a 10-year period shall upon conviction of the third offense be guilty of a Class 6 felony. The sentence of any person convicted of three offenses of § 18.2-266 committed within a 10-year period shall include a mandatory minimum sentence of 90 days, unless the three offenses were committed within a five-year period, in which case the sentence shall include a mandatory minimum sentence of confinement for six months. In addition, such person shall be fined punished by a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000. If such person's blood alcohol level as indicated by the chemical test administered as provided in this article was at least 0.15, but not more than 0.20, he shall be confined in jail for a mandatory minimum period of 10 days or, if the level was more than 0.20, for a mandatory minimum period of 20 days. In addition, such person shall be punished by a mandatory minimum fine of $500.
2. The punishment of any person convicted of a fourth or subsequent offense of § 18.2-266 committed within a 10-year period shall, upon conviction, include a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year. In addition, such person shall be fined punished by a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000. Unless otherwise modified by the court, the defendant shall remain on probation and under the terms of any suspended sentence for the same period as his operator's license was suspended, not to exceed three years. If such person's blood alcohol level as indicated by the chemical test administered as provided in this article was at least 0.15, but not more than 0.20, he shall be punished by a mandatory minimum fine of $500.
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