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HOUSE BILL NO. 19 – Vessel, DUI, arrest

HOUSE BILL NO. 19

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H0019........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
             Requested by: Department of Parks and Recreation
VESSELS - OPERATION UNDER INFLUENCE - Amends existing law to provide
authority to make an arrest when a person is charged with operating a
vessel under the influence of alcohol, intoxicating beverages or drugs; and
to provide authority to make an arrest when a person operating a vessel
fails to stop or give information after an accident causing damage to a
vessel or other property.
                                                                        
01/08    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
    Rpt prt - to Jud

Bill Text


                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 19
                                                                        
                                       BY MR. SPEAKER
                      Requested by: Department of Parks and Recreation
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING SECTION 49-1405, IDAHO CODE,  TO  PROVIDE
  3        AUTHORITY TO MAKE AN ARREST WHEN A PERSON IS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VES-
  4        SEL  UNDER  THE  INFLUENCE  OF ALCOHOL, INTOXICATING BEVERAGES OR DRUGS OR
  5        UPON FAILURE TO STOP OR GIVE INFORMATION AFTER AN ACCIDENT CAUSING  DAMAGE
  6        TO A VESSEL OR OTHER PROPERTY AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  1.  That  Section 49-1405, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        49-1405.  ARRESTS FOR SERIOUS OFFENSES.  (1)  The  authority  to  make  an
 11    arrest  is  the same as upon an arrest for a felony when any person is charged
 12    with any of the following offenses:
 13        (a)  Negligent homicide.
 14        (b)  Driving, or being in actual physical control, of a vehicle or operat-
 15        ing a vessel while under the influence of alcohol  or  other  intoxicating
 16        beverage.
 17        (c)  Driving  a vehicle or operating a vessel while under the influence of
 18        any narcotic drug, or driving a vehicle or operating a vessel while  under
 19        the influence of any other drug to a degree which renders the person inca-
 20        pable of safely driving a vehicle.
 21        (d)  Failure to stop, or failure to give information, or failure to render
 22        reasonable  assistance,  in the event of an accident resulting in death or
 23        personal injuries.
 24        (e)  Failure to stop, or failure to give information, in the event  of  an
 25        accident  resulting  in  damage  to  a vehicle or vessel or to fixtures or
 26        other property legally upon or adjacent to a highway or waterway.
 27        (f)  Reckless driving.
 28        (g)  Fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer.
 29        (2)  Whenever any person is arrested as authorized  in  this  section,  he
 30    shall  be taken without unnecessary delay before the proper magistrate as pro-
 31    vided by law, except that in the case of either of the offenses designated  in
 32    paragraphs (1)(e), (f) and (g) of this section, a peace officer shall have the
 33    same discretion as is provided by law.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                  STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                      RS 10511

49-1405. Arrest for serious offenses.  This proposal will 
amend I.C. 49-1405, Arrest for serious offenses.  It 
will allow officers to handle marine "Operating Under the 
Influence" violations the same as the road counterpart of 
"Driving Under the Influence", when the officer did not 
witness the violation. Currently, a marine officer cannot 
arrest a subject for OUI unless the officer witnesses the 
violation.  Operators who crash their boats while intoxicated 
cannot be arrested for this violation unless the officer 
actually saw the crash.

                     FISCAL IMPACT

There will be no impact to the General Fund with this proposal.  
There will be some impact in man-hours, travel, and prisoner 
costs to the County Sheriff's office and some similar costs 
to the corresponding Judicial District when an officer makes 
an arrest in these type situations.

CONTACT:
Name: Pat Beale, 
Idaho Department of Parks & Rec.
Phone: 334-4199

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE             H 19