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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.Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.