AB 411

Under this bill, in addition to the penalties available under current law for an

offense related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated or improperly refusing to be

tested for intoxication (OWI offense), a person who commits a first OWI offense will

have the vehicle he or she used in the offense impounded for not less than 30 nor more

than 60 days. A person who commits a second or subsequent OWI offense will have

the vehicle he or she used in the offense impounded for not less than 60 days nor more

than six months. Under the bill, the person who committed the offense is responsible

for paying the costs of impoundment.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to

result if the bill is enacted.