Act No. 23

(S.70)

DUI; total abstinence; reinstatement of operator license

This act clarifies the provisions of the process by which one may have an operator's license reinstated after being suspended for life for alcohol or drug consumption. The applicant is required to pay a $500.00 application fee which the commissioner of motor vehicles may waive if it is determined that a hardship would result. The applicant is required to have completed three years of total abstinence from consumption of alcohol or drugs. If that stipulation is met, the license shall be reinstated immediately, subject to the condition that the person's suspension will be put back into effect in the event any further investigation reveals a return to the prohibited consumption. A person is eligible for reinstatement under these provisions only once following a suspension for life.

Date Signed by the Governor: May 15, 2009

Effective Date: July 1, 2009