Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 97
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 7.1-5-1.
Synopsis: Public intoxication. Provides that a person may not be
convicted of certain offenses relating to intoxication unless the person:
(1) endangers the person's life; (2) endangers the life of another person;
or (3) breaches the peace or is in imminent danger of breaching the
peace.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and
Civil Matters.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)
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SENATE BILL No. 97
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
criminal law and procedure.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 7.1-5-1-3; (12)IN0097.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 7.1-5-1-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 3. It is a Class B
misdemeanor for a person to be in a public place or a place of public
resort in a state of intoxication caused by the person's use of alcohol or
a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9), if the person:
(1) endangers the person's life;
(2) endangers the life of another person; or
(3) breaches the peace or is in imminent danger of breaching
the peace.
SOURCE: IC 7.1-5-1-6; (12)IN0097.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 7.1-5-1-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 6. It is a Class B
misdemeanor for a person to be, or to become, intoxicated as a result
of the person's use of alcohol or a controlled substance (as defined in
IC 35-48-1-9) in or upon a vehicle commonly used for the public
transportation of passengers, or in or upon a common carrier, or in or
about a depot, station, airport, ticket office, waiting room or platform,
if the person:
(1) endangers the person's life;
(2) endangers the life of another person; or
(3) breaches the peace or is in imminent danger of breaching
the peace.