HB2513 SFAT Palumbo 4-13

Hartley 7889

    Senator Palumbo moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

    Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2513--A Bill to amend 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 thereto a new section, designated §17C-5-12, all relating to the enforcement of laws prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle, motorboat, jet ski or other motorized vessel while under the influence of alcohol controlled substance, or drugs generally; defining “drug” and “controlled substance”; correcting reference to period of license suspension for failure to submit to certain tests to provide consistency with other provisions of law; authorizing law-enforcement agencies to designate more than one secondary chemical test to be administered; maintaining 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 for Public Health to prescribe minimum levels of substance or drugs in order to be admissible; authorizing emergency rules; requiring the Bureau for Public Health to review current methods and standards; requiring a blood 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; providing that refusal to provide a blood sample may be admissible in a criminal prosecution for operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol controlled substance or drugs; eliminating urine test as a possible secondary chemical test; and requiring the Bureau for Public Health to report to the Legislature.

Adopted

Rejected