SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1697

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE STEVENSON.

4456L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 577.010, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to driving while intoxicated, with a penalty provision.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Section 577.010, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 577.010, to read as follows:

            577.010. 1. A person commits the crime of "driving while intoxicated" if he operates a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated [or drugged] condition or while any amount of controlled substance is present in the person, as measured in the person's blood or urine.

            2. Driving while intoxicated is for the first offense, a class B misdemeanor. No person convicted of or pleading guilty to the offense of driving while intoxicated shall be granted a suspended imposition of sentence for such offense, unless such person shall be placed on probation for a minimum of two years.

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