Vermont Considering changes to DUI Laws
Posted on March 24, 2010
Both houses of the Vermont legislature are considering changers to the State's DUI laws. As introduced both bills would make significant changes to the states dui laws.
From the House draft, the bill would:
(1) require that a person have insurance in order to register a motor vehicle;
(2) prohibit a person from registering a motor vehicle if the person’s license or learner’s permit has been suspended or revoked in any jurisdiction;
(3) establish criminal penalties for permitting an unlicensed person to operate a motor vehicle if death or serious bodily injury results;
(4) increase the penalty for a third or subsequent DUI offense by removing the option of community service and requiring that six months of the sentence be served in jail;
(5) create a five-year mandatory minimum jail sentence for DUI with death resulting; and
(6) permit the immobilization and forfeiture of a vehicle operated in violation of a parole condition which prohibits the operator from driving.
The bill's supporter's say the legislation, named "Nick's Law," is needed in response to the tragic death of Nick Fournier in 2007.