This file contains STRIKE and UNDERSCORE. If you cannot see either STRIKE or UNDERSCORE attributes or would like to change how these attributes are displayed, please use the following form to make the desired changes.

House Journal: Page 1438: Tuesday, April 22, 1997

30   for making public service announcements on television
31   and radio broadcasts, and to obtain and utilize
32   federal funds for highway safety and other grants in
33   conducting the public education campaign.
34     2.  The department shall publish pamphlets
35   containing the criminal and administrative penalties
36   for drunk driving, and related laws, rules,
37   instructions, and explanatory matter.  This
38   information may be included in pamphlets containing
39   information related to other motor vehicle laws,
40   published pursuant to section 321.15.  Copies of such
41   pamphlets shall be given wide distribution, and a
42   supply shall be made available to each county
43   treasurer."
44     3.  Page 1, by striking lines 9 through 19 and
45   inserting the following:
46     "a.  A serious misdemeanor for the first offense
47   and shall be imprisoned, punishable by all of the
48   following:
49     (1)  Imprisonment in the county jail or community-
50   based correctional facility for not less than forty-

Page 3

 1   eight hours, to be served consecutively, as ordered
by
 2   the court, less credit for any time the person was
 3   confined in a jail or detention facility following
 4   arrest, and assessed.  Pursuant to subsection 2A, this
 5   sentence shall not be deferred or suspended.  However,
 6   the court, in ordering service of the sentence and in
 7   its discretion, may accommodate the defendant's work
 8   schedule.
 9     (2)  Assessment of a fine of not less than five
10   hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.
11   As an alternative to a portion or all of the fine, the
12   court may order the person to perform not more than
13   two hundred hours of unpaid community service.  The
14   court may accommodate the sentence to the work
15   schedule of the defendant.
16     (3)  Revocation of the person's motor vehicle
17   license pursuant to section 321J.4, subsection 1,
18   section 321J.9, or section 321J.12, which includes a
19   minimum revocation period of one hundred eighty days,
20   including a minimum period of ineligibility for a
21   temporary restricted license of thirty days, and may
22   involve a revocation period of one year.
23     (4)  Assignment to substance abuse evaluation and
24   treatment, a course for drinking drivers, and, if
25   available and appropriate, a reality education
26   substance abuse prevention program pursuant to
27   subsection 2A."
28     4.  Page 1, by striking line 25, and inserting the
29   following:  "fine of not less than seven one
thousand

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

© 1997 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa

Comments about this site or page? hjourn@legis.iowa.gov. Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.

Last update: Mon Apr 28 03:40:03 CDT 1997
URL: /DOCS/GA/77GA/Session.1/HJournal/01400/01438.html
jhf