Session of 2000
HOUSE BILL No. 2908
By Representative Powers
2-8
10 AN ACT
concerning driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs;
11 penalties; amending
K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 8-1014 and 8-1568 and re-
12 pealing the existing
sections.
13
14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
15 Section
1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 8-1014 is hereby amended to read as
16 follows: 8-1014. (a) Except as provided by
subsection (e) and K.S.A. 8-
17 2,142, and amendments thereto, if a person
refuses a test, the division,
18 pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1002, and amendments
thereto, shall suspend the
19 person's driving privileges for one
year.
20 (b) Except as
provided by subsections (c) and (e) and K.S.A. 8-2,142,
21 and amendments thereto, if a person fails a
test or has an alcohol or drug-
22 related conviction in this state, the
division shall:
23 (1) On the
person's first occurrence, suspend the person's driving
24 privileges for 30 days, then restrict the
person's driving privileges as pro-
25 vided by K.S.A. 8-1015, and amendments
thereto, for an additional 330
26 days; and
27 (2) on the
person's second or a subsequent occurrence,
suspend the
28 person's driving privileges for one
year.; and
29 (3) on a
person's third or a subsequent occurrence, suspend the per-
30 son's driving privileges for one year
and impound each of the driver's
31 motor vehicles during the one-year
license suspension.
32 (c) Except as
provided by subsection (e) and K.S.A. 8-2,142, and
33 amendments thereto, if a person who is less
than 21 years of age fails a
34 test or has an alcohol or drug-related
conviction in this state, the division
35 shall:
36 (1)
(A) On the person's first or second occurrence, suspend
the per-
37 son's driving privileges for one year;
or
38 (2)
(B) if such person has entered a diversion agreement
under K.S.A.
39 12-4412 et seq., and amendments
thereto, or K.S.A. 22-2906 et seq., and
40 amendments thereto, suspend the person's
driving privileges for the term
41 of such diversion
agreement.; and
42 (2) on a
person's third or a subsequent occurrence, suspend the per-
43 son's driving privileges for one year
and impound each of the driver's
2
1 motor vehicles during the one-year
license suspension.
2
(d) Whenever the division is notified by an alcohol and drug
safety
3 action program that a person has
failed to complete any alcohol and drug
4 safety action education or treatment
program ordered by a court for a
5 conviction of a violation of K.S.A.
8-1567, and amendments thereto, the
6 division shall suspend the person's
driving privileges until the division
7 receives notice of the person's
completion of such program.
8 (e) Except
as provided in K.S.A. 8-2,142, and amendments thereto,
9 if a person's driving privileges are
subject to suspension pursuant to this
10 section for a test refusal, test failure or
alcohol or drug-related conviction
11 arising from the same arrest, the period of
such suspension shall not
12 exceed the longest applicable period
authorized by subsection (a), (b) or
13 (c), and such suspension periods shall not
be added together or otherwise
14 imposed consecutively. In addition, in
determining the period of such
15 suspension as authorized by subsection (a),
(b) or (c), such person shall
16 receive credit for any period of time for
which such person's driving
17 privileges were suspended while awaiting
any hearing or final order au-
18 thorized by this act.
19 If a person's driving
privileges are subject to restriction pursuant to
20 this section for a test failure or alcohol
or drug-related conviction arising
21 from the same arrest, the restriction
periods shall not be added together
22 or otherwise imposed consecutively. In
addition, in determining the pe-
23 riod of restriction, the person shall
receive credit for any period of sus-
24 pension imposed for a test refusal arising
from the same arrest.
25 (f) If the
division has taken action under subsection (a) for a test
26 refusal or under subsection (b) or (c) for
a test failure and such action is
27 stayed pursuant to K.S.A. 8-259, and
amendments thereto, or if tempo-
28 rary driving privileges are issued pursuant
to subsection (k) of K.S.A. 8-
29 1002, and amendments thereto, the stay or
temporary driving privileges
30 shall not prevent the division from taking
the action required by subsec-
31 tion (b) or (c) for an alcohol or
drug-related conviction.
32 (g) Upon
restricting a person's driving privileges pursuant to this sec-
33 tion, the division shall issue without
charge a driver's license which shall
34 indicate on the face of the license that
restrictions have been imposed on
35 the person's driving privileges and that a
copy of the order imposing the
36 restrictions is required to be carried by
the person for whom the license
37 was issued any time the person is operating
a motor vehicle on the high-
38 ways of this state.
39 Sec.
2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 8-1568 is hereby amended to read as
fol-
40 lows: 8-1568. (a) Any driver of a motor
vehicle who willfully fails or refuses
41 to bring such driver's vehicle to a stop,
or who otherwise flees or attempts
42 to elude a pursuing police vehicle or
police bicycle, when given visual or
43 audible signal to bring the vehicle to a
stop, shall be guilty as provided
3
1 by subsection (c)(1), (2) or (3). The
signal given by the police officer may
2 be by hand, voice, emergency light or
siren. The officer giving such signal
3 shall be in uniform, prominently
displaying such officer's badge of office,
4 and the officer's vehicle or bicycle
shall be appropriately marked showing
5 it to be an official police vehicle
or police bicycle.
6 (b) Any
driver who violates the provisions of subsection (a) and who:
7 (1) Commits any of the following
during a police pursuit: (A) Fails to stop
8 for a police road block; (B) drives
around tire deflating devices placed by
9 a police officer; (C) engages in
reckless driving as defined by K.S.A. 8-
10 1566 and amendments thereto; (D) is
involved in any motor vehicle ac-
11 cident or intentionally causes damage to
property; or (E) commits five or
12 more moving violations; or
13 (2) is attempting
to elude capture for the commission of any felony,
14 shall be guilty as provided in subsection
(c)(4).
15 (c)
(1) Every person convicted of violating subsection (a), upon a
first
16 conviction, shall be guilty of a class B
nonperson misdemeanor.
17 (2) Every person
convicted of violating subsection (a), upon a second
18 conviction of such subsection, shall be
guilty of a class A nonperson
19 misdemeanor.
20 (3) Every person
convicted of violating subsection (a), upon a third
21 or subsequent conviction of such
subsection, shall be guilty of a severity
22 level 9, person felony.
23 (4) Every person
convicted of violating subsection (b) shall be guilty
24 of a severity level 9, person felony.
25 (5) In
addition to the penalty provided under paragraph (4), each
of
26 the driver's motor vehicles shall be
impounded for one year.
27 (d) For the
purpose of this section "conviction" means a final con-
28 viction without regard whether sentence was
suspended or probation
29 granted after such conviction. Forfeiture
of bail, bond or collateral de-
30 posited to secure a defendant's appearance
in court, which forfeiture has
31 not been vacated, shall be equivalent to a
conviction.
32 (e) The division
of vehicles of the department of revenue shall pro-
33 mote public awareness of the provisions of
this section when persons
34 apply for or renew such person's driver's
license.
35 Sec. 3. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 8-1014
and 8-1568 are hereby repealed.
36 Sec. 4. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its
37 publication in the statute book.