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House Amendment 8335

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2144, as passed by the Senate, as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 4, the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "Sec.    .  Section 321J.2, Code 2001, is amended
  1  6 by adding the following new subsection:
  1  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  a.  Notwithstanding
  1  8 subsection 2, paragraph "a", or any other provision of
  1  9 this chapter to the contrary, a person who violates
  1 10 subsection 1, paragraph "b", whose alcohol
  1 11 concentration established by the results of an
  1 12 analysis of a specimen of the person's blood, breath,
  1 13 or urine withdrawn in accordance with this chapter
  1 14 exceeds .08 but is less than .10, commits a serious
  1 15 misdemeanor for the first offense, punishable solely
  1 16 by all of the following:
  1 17    (1)  Imprisonment in the county jail for up to
  1 18 forty-eight hours, to be served as ordered by the
  1 19 court, less credit for any time the person was
  1 20 confined in a jail or detention facility following
  1 21 arrest.  However, the court, in ordering service of
  1 22 the sentence and in its discretion, may accommodate
  1 23 the person's work schedule.
  1 24    (2)  Assessment of a fine of five hundred dollars.
  1 25 As an alternative to a portion or all of the fine, the
  1 26 court may order the person to perform unpaid community
  1 27 service.
  1 28    (3)  Revocation of the person's driver's license
  1 29 for a maximum period of thirty days.  Notwithstanding
  1 30 any provision of the Code to the contrary, there shall
  1 31 be no minimum period of ineligibility for such a
  1 32 revocation.
  1 33    b.  This subsection shall not apply to a person who
  1 34 is under the age of twenty-one who operates a motor
  1 35 vehicle while having an alcohol concentration of .02
  1 36 or more pursuant to section 321J.2A, to a person who
  1 37 revokes the person's implied consent pursuant to
  1 38 section 321J.6, or to a person who is convicted of or
  1 39 pleads guilty to a violation of section 707.6A.
  1 40    Sec.    .  Section 321J.4, subsection 1, Code 2001,
  1 41 is amended to read as follows:
  1 42    1.  If Except as provided in section 321J.2,
  1 43 subsection 2A, paragraph "a", subparagraph (3), if a
  1 44 defendant is convicted of a violation of section
  1 45 321J.2 and the defendant's driver's license or
  1 46 nonresident operating privilege has not been revoked
  1 47 under section 321J.9 or 321J.12 for the occurrence
  1 48 from which the arrest arose, the department shall
  1 49 revoke the defendant's driver's license or nonresident
  1 50 operating privilege for one hundred eighty days if the
  2  1 defendant has had no previous conviction or revocation
  2  2 under this chapter.  The defendant shall not be
  2  3 eligible for any temporary restricted license for at
  2  4 least thirty days after the effective date of the
  2  5 revocation if a test was obtained, and for at least
  2  6 ninety days if a test was refused.  If the defendant
  2  7 is under the age of twenty-one, the defendant shall
  2  8 not be eligible for a temporary restricted license for
  2  9 at least sixty days after the effective date of
  2 10 revocation.
  2 11    Sec.    .  Section 321J.4B, subsection 5, paragraph
  2 12 d, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  2 13    d.  The period of impoundment or immobilization of
  2 14 a motor vehicle under this section shall be the period
  2 15 of license revocation imposed upon the person
  2 16 convicted of the offense or one hundred eighty days,
  2 17 whichever period is longer.  However, for violations
  2 18 described in section 321J.2, subsection 2A, paragraph
  2 19 "a", subparagraph (3), the period of impoundment or
  2 20 immobilization of a motor vehicle shall be the period
  2 21 of license revocation imposed upon the person
  2 22 convicted of the offense.  The impoundment or
  2 23 immobilization period shall commence on the day that
  2 24 the vehicle is first impounded or immobilized."
  2 25    #2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 10 the
  2 26 following:
  2 27    "Sec.    .  Section 321J.12, subsection 1,
  2 28 paragraph "a", Code Supplement 2001, is amended to
  2 29 read as follows:
  2 30    a.  One hundred eighty days if the person has had
  2 31 no revocation under this chapter, except as provided
  2 32 in section 321J.2, subsection 2A, paragraph "a",
  2 33 subparagraph (3)."
  2 34    #3.  Title page, line 1, by striking the words
  2 35 "providing for" and inserting the following:
  2 36 "relating to".
  2 37    #4.  By renumbering as necessary.  
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  2 41 CHIODO of Polk
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  2 44                               
  2 45 HANSEN of Pottawattamie 
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  2 49 SIEVERS of Scott 
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  3  3 BODDICKER of Cedar 
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  3  7 KETTERING of Sac 
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  3 11 HORBACH of Tama 
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  3 15 MYERS of Johnson 
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  3 19 BRUNKHORST of Bremer 
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  3 23 WARNSTADT of Woodbury 
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  3 27 MERTZ of Kossuth 
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  3 31 BROERS of Cerro Gordo 
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  3 35 FORD of Polk 
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  3 39 SHOULTZ of Black Hawk 
  3 40 SF 2144.304 79
  3 41 rh/cf
     

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