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HOUSE BILL NO. 618

INTRODUCED BY DICKENSON, CALLAHAN, HURWITZ, SMALL-EASTMAN, WINDY BOY


AN ACT INCREASING TO $200 THE FEE FOR REINSTATEMENT OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT HAS BEEN REVOKED AS A RESULT OF CERTAIN OFFENSES, INCLUDING DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS; PROVIDING THAT HALF OF THE FEES COLLECTED BE DEPOSITED INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE OTHER HALF INTO AN ACCOUNT IN THE STATE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND; AND AMENDING SECTION 61-2-107, MCA.

 

AN ACT INCREASING TO $200 THE FEE FOR REINSTATEMENT OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT HAS BEEN REVOKED AS A RESULT OF CERTAIN OFFENSES, INCLUDING DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS; PROVIDING THAT HALF OF THE FEES COLLECTED BE DEPOSITED INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE OTHER HALF INTO AN ACCOUNT IN THE STATE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND; AND AMENDING SECTION 61-2-107, MCA.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

 

     Section 1.  Section 61-2-107, MCA, is amended to read:

     "61-2-107.  License reinstatement fee to fund county drinking and driving prevention programs. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law of the state, a driver's license that has been suspended or revoked under 61-5-205 or 61-8-402 must remain suspended or revoked until the driver has paid to the department a fee of $100 $200 in addition to any other fines, forfeitures, and penalties assessed as a result of conviction for a violation of the traffic laws of the state.

     (2)  The department shall deposit one-half of the fees collected under subsection (1) in the general fund. One-half of the fees must be appropriated and and the other half in an account in the state special revenue fund to be used for funding county drinking and driving prevention programs as provided in 61-2-108."

 

     Section 2.  Coordination instruction. If Senate Bill No. 37 and [this act] are both passed and approved, then [this act] is void.

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