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HB0230 • 2023

Driver license penalties-time limit for imposition.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; specifying time limits by which specific penalties for motor vehicle offenses may be imposed; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Representative Oakley
Last action
2023-02-07
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not provide details on specific motor vehicle offenses beyond DUI, so it is unclear if other violations are covered under this time limit.

Driver License Penalties Time Limit

The bill sets a sixty-day time limit for the Wyoming Department of Transportation to initiate administrative actions related to driver license penalties after a conviction or deferred prosecution.

What This Bill Does

  • Sets a sixty-day deadline for initiating administrative actions, such as revoking licenses or requiring ignition interlock devices, after an order of conviction or deferral under specific laws.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who are convicted of motor vehicle offenses in Wyoming
  • The Wyoming Department of Transportation

Terms To Know

Ignition interlock device
A device installed on a car that prevents it from starting if the driver has been drinking alcohol.
Deferred prosecution
When a court delays legal action against someone who is accused of breaking the law, often as part of a deal to avoid punishment.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was marked inactive in Wyoming's legislative session.
  • It does not specify what happens if the department misses the sixty-day deadline.

Bill History

  1. 2023-02-07 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2023-02-07 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2023-01-26 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation

  4. 2023-01-25 House

    H Received for Introduction

  5. 2023-01-24 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
23LSO-0577
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0577
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0230

Driver license penalties-time limit for imposition.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Oakley, Burkhart, Byron, Chestek, Clouston, Lawley and Provenza and Senator(s) Case, Ellis and Kolb

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; specifying time limits by which specific penalties for motor vehicle offenses may be imposed; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 31
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233(f)(intro) and by creating a new subsection (o), 31
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127(a)(intro) and by creating a new subsection (d), 31
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128 by creating a new subsection (o) and 31
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401(c) and by creating a new subsection (f) are amended to read:

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233.

Driving or having control of vehicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substances; penalties; imposition limitations.

(f)

Any person convicted under this section or other law prohibiting driving while under the influence as defined in W.S. 31
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233(a)(v), or whose prosecution under this section is deferred under W.S. 7
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301, shall, in addition to the penalty imposed
and subject to subsection (o) of this section
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(o)

No administrative action of the department under subsection (f) of this section shall be effective unless the department initiates the administrative action not later than sixty (60) days after the entry of an order of conviction or deferral of prosecution under W.S. 7
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301. For administrative actions under W.S. 31
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401 where the department seeks to require an ignition interlock device in accordance with subsection (f) of this section, the department shall initiate the administrative actions not later than sixty (60) days after the entry of an order of conviction or deferral of prosecution under W.S. 7
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301, regardless of whether the ignition interlock device has been installed.

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127.

Mandatory revocation of license for certain violations; imposition limitations.

(a)

The division shall revoke the license or nonresident operating privilege of any person, upon receipt of a record of conviction of the person of any of the following violations
and subject to subsection (d) of this section
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(d)

No revocation under this section shall be effective unless the department initiates the administrative action not later than sixty (60) days after the entry of an order of conviction or deferral of prosecution under W.S. 7
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301.

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128.

Mandatory suspension of license or nonresident operating privilege for certain violations; suspension of registration; imposition limitations.

(o)

No suspension under this section shall be effective unless the department initiates the administrative action not later than sixty (60) days after the entry of an order of conviction or deferral of prosecution under W.S. 7
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Ignition interlock licenses; definitions; administration and enforcement; imposition limitations.

(c)

The department shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations and prescribe forms related to the issuance of ignition interlock restricted licenses as provided in this article.
The rules shall include a requirement for the department to initiate an administrative action to require an ignition interlock device or issue an ignition interlock restricted license not later than sixty (60) days after the entry of an order of conviction or deferral of prosecution under W.S. 7
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(f)

No action for requiring or installing an ignition interlock device or requiring or issuing an ignition interlock restricted license under this article shall be effective unless the department initiates the administrative action not later than sixty (60) days after the entry of an order of conviction or deferral of prosecution under W.S. 7
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Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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