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HB558: Driving while intoxicated; elimination of requirement that intoxicant be self-administered.
Chief Patron
Del.
Shannon Valentine (D-23)
Shannon Valentine
(D-23)
Lynchburg, VA
Served: 2006–
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Status
01/16/2008: In Courts of Justice Committee
Summary
Driving while intoxicated; elimination of requirement that intoxicant be self-administered. Eliminates the requirement that a person be under the influence of a self-administered intoxicant or drug in order to be convicted of driving while intoxicated. Instead, a person may be convicted if he operates a motor vehicle while he knows or should know that he is under the influence of an intoxicant or drug.
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