WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 253

CHAPTER 253

(Senate Bill 84)

AN ACT concerning

Alcohol Related Alcohol-Related Offenses - Penalties -

Ignition Interlock Systems

FOR the purpose of authorizing a court exercising criminal
jurisdiction to prohibit, as a condition of probation,
certain persons from operating a motor vehicle that is not
equipped with an ignition interlock system; defining the
term "ignition interlock system"; prohibiting a certain
person from soliciting another person to attempt to start a
motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock system;
prohibiting a person from attempting, for a certain purpose,
to start a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock
system; prohibiting a person from attempting to circumvent
the operation of a certain ignition interlock system;
establishing penalties for certain violations; and generally
relating to the use of ignition interlock systems as a
condition of probation.

FOR the purpose of authorizing a court exercising criminal
jurisdiction to prohibit as a sentence, part of a sentence,
or condition of probation for certain offenses, certain
persons from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped
with an ignition interlock system; defining the term
"ignition interlock system"; requiring a court to follow
certain procedures when prohibiting certain persons from
operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an
ignition interlock system; prohibiting a certain person from
soliciting another person to attempt to start or start a
motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock system;
prohibiting a person from attempting to start or starting,
for a certain purpose, a motor vehicle equipped with an
ignition interlock system; prohibiting a person from
tampering with or attempting to circumvent the operation of
a certain ignition interlock system; establishing penalties
for certain violations; prohibiting a person from knowingly
furnishing to certain persons a motor vehicle not equipped
with a functioning ignition interlock system under certain
circumstances; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to
take certain actions and adopt certain rules and regulations
concerning ignition interlock systems; prohibiting certain
persons from taking certain actions regarding the sale or
lease of ignition interlock systems under certain
circumstances; requiring a certain report to the Division of
Parole and Probation; providing that this Act does not
affect or limit the existing authority of a court to
prohibit a person from operating a motor vehicle without an
ignition interlock system before the effective date of this

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