DUI; expands crimes for which officer may arrest without warrant to include driving watercraft. (SB688)

Introduced By

Sen. Roscoe Reynolds (D-Martinsville)

Description

Arrest without warrant; DUI arrests.  Expands the DUI crimes for whichan officer may arrest a person without a warrant. The bill removes the requirement that an arrest for DUI be made within three hours of an accident and allows an arrest to be made for misdemeanor offenses of DUI or "drunk boating" to be made by any officer, whether or not the offense occurred in his presence, and removes language from the law providing for transfer of custody from one officer to another in drunk boating incidents.   View Full Text »

Outcome

No Richmond Sunlight visitors voted on this bill while voting was open.