Senator Walker proposes the following amendment (SMIN-52.MW0020S):
Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 7, by striking Section 56-5-2945(A) and inserting:
(A) A person who, while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or the combination of alcohol and drugs, drives a motor vehicle and when driving a motor vehicle does any act forbidden by law or neglects any duty imposed by law in the driving of the motor vehicle, which act or neglect proximately causes moderate bodily injury to another person or damage to real or personal property of another valued at over twenty-five thousand dollars, is guilty of the offense of felony driving under the influence, second degree, and, upon conviction, must be punished by a mandatory fine of not less than three thousand dollars nor more than six thousand dollars and mandatory imprisonment for not less than sixty ninety days nor more than ten years.Amend the bill further, SECTION 7, by striking Section 56-5-2945(B)(1) and inserting:
(1) by a mandatory fine of not less than five thousand one hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand one hundred dollars and mandatory imprisonment for not less than thirty days six months nor more than fifteen years when great bodily injury results;Amend the bill further, SECTION 7, by striking Section 56-5-2945(E) and (F) and inserting:
(D) If a defendant is sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence pursuant to sections (B)(1) and (B)(2), that person may be confined to their place of residence pursuant to the Home Detention Act for the duration of the sentence. No portion of imprisonment or confinement under home detention may be suspended by the trial judge except when the court is suspending a term of imprisonment upon successful completion of the terms and conditions of the confinement under home detention. For purposes of this item, a person sentenced to confinement pursuant to the Home Detention Act is required to pay for the cost of such confinement.(B)(D) (E) As used in this section, "great bodily injury" means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. As used in this chapter, "moderate bodily injury" means physical injury that involves prolonged loss of consciousness, or that causes temporary or moderate disfigurement or temporary loss of the function of a bodily member or organ, or injury that requires medical treatment when the treatment requires the use of regional or general anesthesia or injury that results in a fracture or dislocation. Moderate bodily injury does not include a one-time treatment and subsequent observation of scratches, cuts, abrasions, bruises, burns, splinters, or any other injuries that do not ordinarily require extensive medical care.
(C)(E)(F)(1) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall suspend the driver's license of a person who is convicted pursuant to this section. For suspension purposes of this section, convictions arising out of a single incident must run concurrently.
(2) After the person is released from prison, the person shall enroll in the Ignition Interlock Device Program pursuant to Section 56-5-2941, end the suspension, and obtain an ignition interlock restricted license pursuant to Section 56-1-400. The ignition interlock device is required to be affixed to the motor vehicle for:
(a) three years when great bodily injury results and five years when a death occurs; or
(b) one year when the conviction was for felony DUI, second degree.
(D)(F)(G) One hundred dollars of each fine imposed pursuant to this section must be placed by the Comptroller General into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Public Safety for the Highway Patrol.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.