HB2513 H JUD AMT 3-27 #1

    The Committee on the Judiciary moves to amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

    H. B. 2513 –- “A Bill to amend of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto two new sections designated §17C-1-67 and §17C-1-68; to amend and reenact §17C-5-4, §17C-5-6, §17C-5-7, §17C-5-8, and §17C-5-9 of said code; and to amend said code by adding there to a new section, designated §17C-5-12, all relating to improving enforcement of drugged driving offenses; defining “drug” and “controlled substance”; providing implied consent to test for controlled substances or drugs; authorizing law-enforcement agencies to designate secondary chemical tests to be administered; removing the exception to a license revocation for the refusal to submit to a blood test; requiring training of law-enforcement officers; including controlled substances and drugs in blood test administration procedures; providing the drugs or classes of drug to be included in a chemical analysis; requiring the Bureau of Public Health and West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory to prescribe minimum levels of substance or drugs in order to be admissible; authorizing emergency rules; requiring the Bureau of Public Health to review current methods and standards; requiring a specimen to test for controlled substances or drugs to be taken within four hours of arrest; prohibiting testing results to be used as evidence in a criminal prosecution for the possession of a controlled substance; requiring the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory to report to the Legislature; and making other non-substantive changes.”