RESTRICTED LIC. FOR DRUG OFFENSE - S.B. 557: FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 557 (as reported by the Committee of the Whole)
Sponsor: Senator Mike Rogers
Committee: Judiciary
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Public Health Code to revise provisions related to the issuance of a restricted driver's license for drug offenses. The Code provides for driver's license sanctions and the issuance of a restricted license for violations of the Code's controlled substance and androgenic anabolic steroid provisions.
The bill specifies that, regardless of a court order issued under the Code's license sanction provision, the Secretary of State could not issue a restricted license to a person whose license was suspended for a controlled substance or steroid violation unless a restricted license was authorized under that provision and the person was otherwise eligible for a license.
The bill also provides that, while driving, a person who had a restricted license under the Code would have to carry proof of his or her destination and the hours of any employment, class, or other reason for traveling and would have to display that proof upon a peace officer's request.
A restricted license is allowed under the Code for travel between a person's home and work location, a court-ordered alcohol or drug education or treatment program, the court probation department, a court-ordered community service program, or an educational institution at which the person is enrolled as a student. The bill also would allow travel between a person's home and a place of regularly occurring medical treatment for a serious condition for the person or a member of his or her household or immediate family.
The bill would take effect October 1, 1999. It is tie-barred to Senate Bills 556, 558, 559, and 560, and to House Bills 4580-4585.
MCL 333.7408a - Legislative Analyst: P. Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would revise some requirements of the comprehensive repeat offender legislation signed into law in 1998. The fiscal impact of these revisions is indeterminate.
Date Completed: 5-13-99 - Fiscal Analyst: E. Limbsfloor\sb557 - Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.