Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 188

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 7.1-5-1.

Synopsis: Public intoxication. Provides that, for purposes of the public intoxication statute, a person is not in a public place or place of public resort if the person is a passenger in a motor vehicle that is traveling on a highway. Specifies that the offense of being intoxicated in or upon a vehicle commonly used for public transportation does not apply to a taxicab.

Effective: July 1, 2012.





Taylor




    January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)


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SENATE BILL No. 188



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning alcohol and tobacco.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 7.1-5-1-3; (12)IN0188.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 7.1-5-1-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 3. (a) It is a Class B misdemeanor for a person to be in a public place or a place of public resort in a state of intoxication caused by the person's use of alcohol or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9).
     (b) For purposes of this section, a person is not in a public place or place of public resort if the person is a passenger in a motor vehicle that is traveling on a highway (including a motor vehicle that was traveling on a highway until stopped for a traffic violation).
SOURCE: IC 7.1-5-1-6; (12)IN0188.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 7.1-5-1-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to a taxicab.
    (b)
It is a Class B misdemeanor for a person to be, or to become, intoxicated as a result of the person's use of alcohol or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) in or upon a vehicle commonly used for the public transportation of passengers, or in or upon a

common carrier, or in or about a depot, station, airport, ticket office, waiting room, or platform.