Indiana House Bill 1421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-18 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
Pending: House Public Policy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires a person convicted of operating while intoxicated within the previous two years to surrender the person's driver's license to the bureau of motor vehicles and be issued a "recently convicted drunk driver's license", which bears a clearly visible red diagonal bar across the face of the license containing the words "no alcohol sales". Provides that the bureau may print the information contained on a recently convicted drunk driver's license perpendicular to the bottom edge of the license. Makes it a Class B misdemeanor for a person convicted of operating while intoxicated in the previous two years (defined as a "recently convicted drunk driver") to purchase an alcoholic beverage, and increases the penalty to a Class A misdemeanor if the person has a prior conviction within the past five years. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor for a person to knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly sell an alcoholic beverage to a recently convicted drunk driver, and increases the penalty to a Class B misdemeanor if the person has a prior conviction within the past five years. Provides a defense for the sale of alcohol to a recently convicted drunk driver if the purchaser presented the seller with apparently valid identification.

Prohibition on purchase of alcohol.

Rep. Timothy Wesco [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-18		First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2011-01-18		Authored by Representative Wesco

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1421
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1421.1.html