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Senate Judiciary holds hearing on bill to fix sentencing language for enhanced DUI with minors
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 1206, which would clarify sentencing language for operating a vehicle while impaired with a minor in the vehicle.
The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 1206, which amends penalties for operating a vehicle while impaired when a minor is in the vehicle, on the morning the bill was called.
Representative Scott Lauser of District 5 in Minot, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure is intended to remove a cross-reference that could force a felony-level offense to be sentenced as a misdemeanor. "Clearly this is a felony," Lauser said, recounting a case he was given in which a parent three times the legal limit picked up children from school with two unrestrained minors in the back seat.
The bill would remove the cross-reference found on page 2, lines 19–21 of the current draft so the…
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