FIRST REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ST. ONGE (Sponsor), PAGE, WILSON (130) AND MOORE (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time February 20, 2007 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 577.600, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to ignition interlock devices, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 577.600, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 577.600, to read as follows:
577.600. 1. In addition to any other provisions of law, a court [may] shall require that any person who is found guilty of or pleads guilty to [a first] any intoxication-related traffic offense, as defined in section 577.023, [and a court shall require that any person who is found guilty of or pleads guilty to a second or subsequent intoxication-related traffic offense, as defined in section 577.023,] shall not operate any motor vehicle unless that vehicle is equipped with a functioning, certified ignition interlock device that they must use for a period of not less than [one month] twelve months from the date of reinstatement of the person's driver's license. In addition, any court authorized to grant a limited driving privilege under section 302.309, RSMo, to any person who is found guilty of or pleads guilty to [a second or subsequent] an intoxication- related traffic offense shall require the use of an ignition interlock device on all vehicles operated by the person as a required condition of the limited driving privilege. Any person required to use an ignition interlock device shall comply with the court order, subject to the penalties provided by this section.
2. No person shall knowingly rent, lease or lend a motor vehicle to a person known to have had that person's driving privilege restricted as provided in subsection 1 of this section, unless the vehicle is equipped with a functioning, certified ignition interlock device. Any person whose driving privilege is restricted as provided in subsection 1 of this section shall notify any other person who rents, leases or loans a motor vehicle to that person of the driving restriction imposed pursuant to this section.
3. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
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