SB 667

This bill allows a court to order a person who improperly refused to take a

sobriety test or who committed certain offenses related to drunken driving to

participate in a program that closely monitors participants for drug and alcohol use

(sobriety program). Under the bill, a court may order a person who would otherwise

be required to install an ignition interlock device (IID) in his or her vehicle, and

whose operating privileges would be restricted to operating vehicles so equipped, to

participate in the sobriety program.

Under the bill, a person who is ordered to participate in the program may obtain

an occupational driver's license and may operate a vehicle that is not equipped with

an IID so long as he or she participates in the sobriety program. If he or she completes

the program or otherwise stops participating, he or she must install an IID on his or

her vehicle and may not operate a vehicle that is not so equipped. Under the bill, the

time period during which a person who participates in a sobriety program, combined

with the time period during which the person's operating privilege is restricted to

operating vehicles equipped with an IID, must be at least one year.