HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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be guilty of a misdemeanor to be known as "manslaughter by
automobile, motor vehicle, motorboat, locomotive, engine,
car, streetcar, train or other vehicle," and the person so
convicted shall be sentenced to jail or the house of
correction for not more than [three] 5 years, or be fined
not more than $1,000.00 or be both fined and imprisoned.
In any indictment or warrant for manslaughter by
automobile, motor vehicle, motorboat, locomotive, engine,
car, streetcar, train or other vehicle, it shall not be
necessary to set forth the manner and means of death. It
shall be sufficient to use a formula substantially to the
following effect: "That A-B on the .... day of .....
nineteen hundred and .. at the County (City) aforesaid,
unlawfully, in a grossly negligent manner did kill and slay
C-D."
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.
Approved May 3, 1982.
CHAPTER 93
(Senate Bill 383)
AN ACT concerning
Homicide By Intoxicated Driver of Motor Vehicle - Evidence
of Chemical Test for Alcohol
Chemical Test for Alcohol - Evidence
FOR the purpose of clarifying that a chemical test of a
person's breath or blood may be administered to a
person who is prosecuted for committing homicide in a
certain manner while intoxicated; providing that
evidence of the chemical test is admissible in the
prosecution of the person even in the absence of
compliance with a certain provision concerning the
person's right to select the type of chemical test
administered, under certain circumstances; providing
for certain consent to the taking of a chemical test
under certain circumstances; and clarifying language.
FOR the purpose of providing that evidence of a certain
chemical analysis is not admissible in a certain
prosecution; providing that the admissibility of
evidence of a certain chemical analysis is not
precluded or limited by a certain provision under
certain circumstances; and clarifying language.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
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