0001|                            HOUSE BILL 164
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          R. DAVID PEDERSON
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0008|                   FOR THE DWI OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO DRUGS; CHANGING THE CRIMINAL STANDARD FOR DRIVING A
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0012|     VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS; AMENDING A SECTION
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0013|     OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE CODE.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1953,
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0017|     Chapter 139, Section 54, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|          "66-8-102.  PERSONS UNDER INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR
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0019|     OR DRUGS--AGGRAVATED DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
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0020|     INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR DRUGS--PENALTY.--
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0021|               A.  It is unlawful for any person who is under the
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0022|     influence of intoxicating liquor to drive any vehicle within
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0023|     this state.
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0024|               B.  It is unlawful for any person who is under the
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0025|     influence of any drug <s>[to a degree that renders him incapable
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<s></s>0001| <s>    of safely driving]</s> <u>that impairs to the slightest degree the
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<u></u>0002| <u>    person's ability to safely drive</u> a vehicle to drive any
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0003|     vehicle within this state.
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0004|               C.  It is unlawful for any person who has an alcohol
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0005|     concentration of eight one-hundredths or more in his blood or
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0006|     breath to drive any vehicle within this state.
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0007|               D.  Aggravated driving while under the influence of
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0008|     intoxicating liquor or drugs consists of a person who:
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0009|                    (1)  has an alcohol concentration of sixteen
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0010|     one-hundredths or more in his blood or breath while driving any
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0011|     vehicle within this state;
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0012|                    (2)  has caused bodily injury to a human being
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0013|     as a result of the unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while
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0014|     driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs; or
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0015|                    (3)  refused to submit to chemical testing, as
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0016|     provided for in the Implied Consent Act, and in the judgment of
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0017|     the court, based upon evidence of intoxication presented to the
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0018|     court, <s>[the person]</s> was under the influence of intoxicating
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0019|     liquor or drugs.
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0020|               E.  Every person under first conviction under this
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0021|     section shall be punished, notwithstanding the provisions of
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0022|     Section 31-18-13 NMSA 1978, by imprisonment for not more than
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0023|     ninety days or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
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0024|     ($500), or both; provided that if the sentence is suspended in
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0025|     whole or in part or deferred, the period of probation may
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0001|     extend beyond ninety days but shall not exceed one year.  Upon
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0002|     a first conviction under this section, an offender may be
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0003|     sentenced to not less than forty-eight hours of community
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0004|     service or a fine of three hundred dollars ($300).  The
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0005|     offender shall be ordered by the court to attend a driver
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0006|     rehabilitation program for alcohol or drugs, also known as a
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0007|     "DWI school", approved by the traffic safety bureau of the
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0008|     state highway and transportation department and also may be
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0009|     required to participate in other rehabilitative services as the
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0010|     court shall determine to be necessary.  In addition to those
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0011|     penalties, when an offender commits aggravated driving while
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0012|     under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, the
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0013|     offender shall be sentenced to not less than forty-eight
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0014|     consecutive hours in jail.  If an offender fails to complete,
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0015|     within a time specified by the court, any community service,
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0016|     screening program, treatment program or DWI school ordered by
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0017|     the court, the offender shall be sentenced to not less than an
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0018|     additional forty-eight consecutive hours in jail.  Any jail
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0019|     sentence imposed under this subsection for failure to complete,
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0020|     within a time specified by the court, any community service,
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0021|     screening program, treatment program or DWI school ordered by
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0022|     the court or for aggravated driving while under the influence
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0023|     of intoxicating liquor or drugs shall not be suspended,
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0024|     deferred or taken under advisement.  On a first conviction
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0025|     under this section, any time spent in jail for the offense
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0001|     prior to the conviction for that offense shall be credited to
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0002|     any term of imprisonment fixed by the court.  A deferred
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0003|     sentence under this subsection shall be considered a first
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0004|     conviction for the purpose of determining subsequent
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0005|     convictions.
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0006|               F.  A second or third conviction under this section
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0007|     shall be punished, notwithstanding the provisions of Section
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0008|     31-18-13 NMSA 1978, by imprisonment for not more than three
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0009|     hundred sixty-four days or by a fine of not more than one
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0010|     thousand dollars ($1,000), or both; provided that if the
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0011|     sentence is suspended in whole or in part, the period of
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0012|     probation may extend beyond one year but shall not exceed five
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0013|     years.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary
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0014|     for suspension or deferment of execution of a sentence:
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0015|                    (1)  upon a second conviction, each offender
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0016|     shall be sentenced to a jail term of not less than seventy-two
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0017|     consecutive hours, forty-eight hours of community service and a
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0018|     fine of five hundred dollars ($500).  In addition to those
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0019|     penalties, when an offender commits aggravated driving while
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0020|     under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, the
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0021|     offender shall be sentenced to a jail term of not less than
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0022|     ninety-six consecutive hours.  If an offender fails to
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0023|     complete, within a time specified by the court, any community
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0024|     service, screening program or treatment program ordered by the
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0025|     court, the offender shall be sentenced to not less than an
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0001|     additional seven consecutive days in jail.  A penalty imposed
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0002|     pursuant to this paragraph shall not be suspended or deferred
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0003|     or taken under advisement; and
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0004|                    (2)  upon a third conviction, an offender shall
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0005|     be sentenced to a jail term of not less than thirty consecutive
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0006|     days and a fine of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).  In
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0007|     addition to those penalties, when an offender commits
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0008|     aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating
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0009|     liquor or drugs, the offender shall be sentenced to a jail term
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0010|     of not less than sixty consecutive days.  If an offender fails
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0011|     to complete, within a time specified by the court, any
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0012|     screening program or treatment program ordered by the court,
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0013|     the offender shall be sentenced to not less than an additional
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0014|     sixty consecutive days in jail.  A penalty imposed pursuant to
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0015|     this paragraph shall not be suspended or deferred or taken
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0016|     under advisement.
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0017|               G. Upon a fourth or subsequent conviction under this
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0018|     section, an offender is guilty of a fourth degree felony, as
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0019|     provided in Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978, and shall be sentenced
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0020|     to a jail term of not less than six months, which shall not be
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0021|     suspended or deferred or taken under advisement.
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0022|               H.  Upon any conviction under this section, an
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0023|     offender shall be required to participate in and complete,
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0024|     within a time specified by the court, an alcohol or drug abuse
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0025|     screening program and if necessary, a treatment program
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0001|     approved by the court.
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0002|               I.  In the case of a first, second or third offense
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0003|     under this section, the magistrate court has concurrent
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0004|     jurisdiction with district courts to try the offender. 
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0005|               J.  A conviction under a municipal or county
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0006|     ordinance prescribing penalties for driving while under the
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0007|     influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs shall be deemed to be
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0008|     a conviction under this section for purposes of determining
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0009|     whether a conviction is a second or subsequent conviction.
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0010|               K.  In addition to any other fine or fee which may
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0011|     be imposed pursuant to the conviction or other disposition of
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0012|     the offense under this section, the court may order the
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0013|     offender to pay the costs of any court-ordered screening and
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0014|     treatment programs.
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0015|               L.  As used in this section:
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0016|                    (1)  "bodily injury" means an injury to a
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0017|     person that is not likely to cause death or great bodily harm
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0018|     to the person, but does cause painful temporary disfigurement
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0019|     or temporary loss or impairment of the functions of any member
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0020|     or organ of the person's body; and
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0021|                    (2)  "conviction" means an adjudication of
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0022|     guilt and does not include imposition of a sentence."
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0023|          Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0024|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0025|                                - 6 -                       State of New Mexico
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0001|                      House of Representatives
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0003|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0004|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0007|                                                January 31, 1997
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0010|   Mr. Speaker:
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0012|        Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0013|   
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0014|                        HOUSE BILL 164
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0016|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0017|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0018|   
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0019|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0025| <u>                                </u>                             Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0005|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0009|   The roll call vote was<u> 11 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0010|   Yes:      11
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0011|             Excused:  Sanchez, Vaughn
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0012|             Absent:   None
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