CHAPTER 50
SENATE BILL No. 433
(Amended by Chapter 166)
An Act concerning crimes, criminal procedure and punishment;
relating to driving under
the influence of alcohol or drugs; requiring certain notice be sent
to the secretary of
corrections; mandatory participation and conditions imposed;
offenders sentenced to
department of corrections, notification by court; amending K.S.A.
8-1567 and 75-5218
and repealing the existing sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 8-1567 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 8-
1567. (a) No person shall operate or attempt to operate any vehicle
within
this state while:
(1) The alcohol concentration in the
person's blood or breath as
shown by any competent evidence, including other competent
evidence,
as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (f) of K.S.A. 8-1013, and
amend-
ments thereto, is .08 or more;
(2) the alcohol concentration in the
person's blood or breath, as meas-
ured within two hours of the time of operating or attempting to
operate
a vehicle, is .08 or more;
(3) under the influence of alcohol to a
degree that renders the person
incapable of safely driving a vehicle;
(4) under the influence of any drug or
combination of drugs to a
degree that renders the person incapable of safely driving a
vehicle; or
(5) under the influence of a combination
of alcohol and any drug or
drugs to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely
driving a
vehicle.
(b) No person shall operate or attempt to
operate any vehicle within
this state if the person is a habitual user of any narcotic,
hypnotic, som-
nifacient or stimulating drug.
(c) If a person is charged with a
violation of this section involving
drugs, the fact that the person is or has been entitled to use the
drug
under the laws of this state shall not constitute a defense against
the
charge.
(d) Upon a first conviction of a
violation of this section, a person shall
be guilty of a class B, nonperson misdemeanor and sentenced to not
less
than 48 consecutive hours nor more than six months' imprisonment,
or
in the court's discretion 100 hours of public service, and fined
not less
than $500 nor more than $1,000. The person convicted must serve
at
least 48 consecutive hours' imprisonment or 100 hours of public
service
either before or as a condition of any grant of probation or
suspension,
reduction of sentence or parole. In addition, the court shall enter
an order
which requires that the person enroll in and successfully complete
an
alcohol and drug safety action education program or treatment
program
as provided in K.S.A. 8-1008, and amendments thereto, or both the
ed-
ucation and treatment programs.
(e) On a second conviction of a violation
of this section, a person shall
be guilty of a class A, nonperson misdemeanor and sentenced to not
less
than 90 days nor more than one year's imprisonment and fined not
less
than $1,000 nor more than $1,500. The person convicted must serve
at
least five consecutive days' imprisonment before the person is
granted
probation, suspension or reduction of sentence or parole or is
otherwise
released. The five days' imprisonment mandated by this subsection
may
be served in a work release program only after such person has
served
48 consecutive hours' imprisonment, provided such work release
program
requires such person to return to confinement at the end of each
day in
the work release program. The court may place the person
convicted
under a house arrest program pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4603b, and
amend-
ments thereto, to serve the remainder of the minimum sentence
only
after such person has served 48 consecutive hours' imprisonment. As
a
condition of any grant of probation, suspension of sentence or
parole or
of any other release, the person shall be required to enter into
and com-
plete a treatment program for alcohol and drug abuse as provided
in
K.S.A. 8-1008, and amendments thereto.
(f) On the third conviction of a
violation of this section, a person shall
be guilty of a nonperson felony and sentenced to not less than 90
days
nor more than one year's imprisonment and fined not less than
$1,500
nor more than $2,500. The person convicted shall not be eligible
for
release on probation, suspension or reduction of sentence or parole
until
the person has served at least 90 days' imprisonment. The court may
also
require as a condition of parole that such person enter into and
complete
a treatment program for alcohol and drug abuse as provided by
K.S.A. 8-
1008, and amendments thereto. The 90 days' imprisonment mandated
by
this subsection may be served in a work release program only after
such
person has served 48 consecutive hours' imprisonment, provided
such
work release program requires such person to return to confinement
at
the end of each day in the work release program. The court may
place
the person convicted under a house arrest program pursuant to
K.S.A.
21-4603b, and amendments thereto, to serve the remainder of the
min-
imum sentence only after such person has served 48 consecutive
hours'
imprisonment.
(g) On the fourth or subsequent
conviction of a violation of this sec-
tion, a person shall be guilty of a nonperson felony and sentenced
to not
less than 90 days nor more than one year's imprisonment and
fined
$2,500. The person convicted shall not be eligible for release on
proba-
tion, suspension or reduction of sentence or parole until the
person has
served at least 90 days' imprisonment. The 90 days' imprisonment
man-
dated by this subsection may be served in a work release program
only
after such person has served 72 consecutive hours' imprisonment,
pro-
vided such work release program requires such person to return to
con-
finement at the end of each day in the work release program. At
the time
of the filing of the judgment form or journal entry as required
by K.S.A.
21-4620 or 22-3426, and amendments thereto, the court shall
cause a
certified copy to be sent to the officer having the offender in
charge. The
law enforcement agency maintaining custody and control of a
defendant
for imprisonment shall cause a certified copy of the judgment
form or
journal entry to be sent to the secretary of corrections within
three busi-
ness days of receipt of the judgment form or journal entry from
the court
and notify the secretary of corrections when the term of
imprisonment
expires and upon expiration of the term of imprisonment shall
deliver the
defendant to a location designated by the secretary. After
the term of
imprisonment imposed by the court, the person shall be placed in
the
custody of the secretary of corrections and shall be
required to participate
in an inpatient or outpatient program for alcohol and drug
abuse as de-
termined by the secretary. Upon completion of the term of
imprisonment
and the required treatment program for alcohol and drug
abuse, the per-
son shall be released to for a mandatory
one-year period of postrelease
supervision, which such period of postrelease supervision shall not
be
reduced. During such postrelease supervision, the person shall be
re-
quired to participate in an approved aftercare plan as
determined by the
Kansas parole board as a condition of release
inpatient or outpatient pro-
gram for alcohol and drug abuse, including, but not limited to,
an ap-
proved aftercare plan or mental health counseling, as determined
by the
secretary and satisfy conditions imposed by the Kansas parole
board as
provided by K.S.A. 22-3717, and amendments thereto. Any
violation of
the conditions of such postrelease supervision may subject such
person
to revocation of postrelease supervision pursuant to K.S.A. 75-5217
et
seq., and amendments thereto and as otherwise provided by
law.
(h) Any person convicted of violating
this section or an ordinance
which prohibits the acts that this section prohibits who had a
child under
the age of 14 years in the vehicle at the time of the offense shall
have
such person's punishment enhanced by one month of imprisonment.
This
imprisonment must be served consecutively to any other penalty
imposed
for a violation of this section or an ordinance which prohibits the
acts that
this section prohibits. During the service of the one month
enhanced
penalty, the judge may order the person on house arrest, work
release or
other conditional release.
(i) The court may establish the terms and
time for payment of any
fines, fees, assessments and costs imposed pursuant to this
section. Any
assessment and costs shall be required to be paid not later than 90
days
after imposed, and any remainder of the fine shall be paid prior to
the
final release of the defendant by the court.
(j) In lieu of payment of a fine imposed
pursuant to this section, the
court may order that the person perform community service specified
by
the court. The person shall receive a credit on the fine imposed in
an
amount equal to $5 for each full hour spent by the person in the
specified
community service. The community service ordered by the court shall
be
required to be performed not later than one year after the fine is
imposed
or by an earlier date specified by the court. If by the required
date the
person performs an insufficient amount of community service to
reduce
to zero the portion of the fine required to be paid by the person,
the
remaining balance of the fine shall become due on that date.
(k) The court shall report every
conviction of a violation of this section
and every diversion agreement entered into in lieu of further
criminal
proceedings or a complaint alleging a violation of this section to
the di-
vision. Prior to sentencing under the provisions of this section,
the court
shall request and shall receive from the division a record of all
prior
convictions obtained against such person for any violations of any
of the
motor vehicle laws of this state.
(l) For the purpose of determining
whether a conviction is a first,
second, third, fourth or subsequent conviction in sentencing under
this
section:
(1) ``Conviction'' includes being
convicted of a violation of this section
or entering into a diversion agreement in lieu of further criminal
pro-
ceedings on a complaint alleging a violation of this section;
(2) ``conviction'' includes being
convicted of a violation of a law of
another state or an ordinance of any city, or resolution of any
county,
which prohibits the acts that this section prohibits or entering
into a di-
version agreement in lieu of further criminal proceedings in a case
alleg-
ing a violation of such law, ordinance or resolution;
(3) any convictions occurring during a
person's lifetime shall be taken
into account when determining the sentence to be imposed for a
first,
second, third, fourth or subsequent offender;
(4) it is irrelevant whether an offense
occurred before or after con-
viction for a previous offense; and
(5) a person may enter into a diversion
agreement in lieu of further
criminal proceedings for a violation of this section, and
amendments
thereto, or an ordinance which prohibits the acts of this section,
and
amendments thereto, only once during the person's lifetime.
(m) Upon conviction of a person of a
violation of this section or a
violation of a city ordinance or county resolution prohibiting the
acts
prohibited by this section, the division, upon receiving a report
of con-
viction, shall suspend, restrict or suspend and restrict the
person's driving
privileges as provided by K.S.A. 8-1014, and amendments
thereto.
(n) Nothing contained in this section
shall be construed as preventing
any city from enacting ordinances, or any county from adopting
resolu-
tions, declaring acts prohibited or made unlawful by this act as
unlawful
or prohibited in such city or county and prescribing penalties for
violation
thereof, but the minimum penalty prescribed by any such ordinance
or
resolution shall not be less than the minimum penalty prescribed by
this
act for the same violation, and the maximum penalty in any such
ordi-
nance or resolution shall not exceed the maximum penalty prescribed
for
the same violation. In addition, any such ordinance or resolution
shall
authorize the court to order that the convicted person pay
restitution to
any victim who suffered loss due to the violation for which the
person
was convicted.
(o) No plea bargaining agreement shall be
entered into nor shall any
judge approve a plea bargaining agreement entered into for the
purpose
of permitting a person charged with a violation of this section, or
a vio-
lation of any ordinance of a city or resolution of any county in
this state
which prohibits the acts prohibited by this section, to avoid the
mandatory
penalties established by this section or by the ordinance. For the
purpose
of this subsection, entering into a diversion agreement pursuant to
K.S.A.
12-4413 et seq. or 22-2906 et seq., and amendments
thereto, shall not
constitute plea bargaining.
(p) The alternatives set out in
subsections (a)(1), (a)(2) and (a)(3) may
be pleaded in the alternative, and the state, city or county, but
shall not
be required to, may elect one or two of the three prior to
submission of
the case to the fact finder.
(q) Upon a fourth or subsequent
conviction, the judge of any court
in which any person is convicted of violating this section, may
revoke the
person's license plate or temporary registration certificate of the
motor
vehicle driven during the violation of this section for a period of
one year.
Upon revoking any license plate or temporary registration
certificate pur-
suant to this subsection, the court shall require that such license
plate or
temporary registration certificate be surrendered to the court.
(r) For the purpose of this section: (1)
``Alcohol concentration'' means
the number of grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or per
210
liters of breath.
(2) ``Imprisonment'' shall include any
restrained environment in
which the court and law enforcement agency intend to retain custody
and
control of a defendant and such environment has been approved by
the
board of county commissioners or the governing body of a city.
(s) The amount of the increase in fines
as specified in this section
shall be remitted by the clerk of the district court to the state
treasurer
in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and
amendments
thereto. Upon receipt of remittance of the increase provided in
this act,
the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state
treasury
and the state treasurer shall credit 50% to the community
alcoholism and
intoxication programs fund and 50% to the department of
corrections
alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund, which is hereby created in
the
state treasury.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 75-5218 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 75-
5218. (a) When any person is sentenced to the custody of the
secretary
of corrections pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 21-4609
and amend-
ments thereto, the clerk of the court which
imposed such sentence shall
within three days following the order of the commitment to
the secretary
notify the secretary of corrections. The clerk shall not
notify the secretary
if the sentence is suspended or the defendant placed on
probation or any
other disposition which will not result in transfer of the
defendant to the
secretary of corrections.
(b) Together with the order of
commitment to the custody of the
secretary of corrections as required by K.S.A. 21-4621 and
amendments
thereto, the clerk shall deliver to the officer
having the offender in charge
the judgment form or journal entry as required by K.S.A. 21-4620 or
22-
3426, and amendments thereto together with the order of
commitment to
the custody of the secretary of corrections as required by
K.S.A. 21-4621,
and amendments thereto. Within three business days of
receipt of the
order of commitment and the judgment form or journal entry, the
officer
having the offender in charge shall forward certified copies to
the secre-
tary of corrections. Copies of these materials shall
also be delivered to
the officers conveying the offender to the Topeka correctional
facility,
department of corrections reception and diagnostic unit or
such other
correctional institution prescribed by K.S.A. 75-5220 and
amendments
thereto, or by the secretary of corrections in accordance with such
statute.
(b) When an offender's sentence has
been modified in accordance
with the provisions of K.S.A. 21-4609, and amendments thereto,
the clerk
of the court which imposed such modified sentence shall within
three
business days notify the secretary of corrections by sending a
certified
copy of the court's order modifying the offender's sentence to
the secretary
or the secretary's designee.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 8-1567 and 75-5218
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved April 9, 2002.
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