2006 New Nevada DUI DWI Drunk Driving Laws

KELLY  & SULLIVAN, LTD., NEVADA DUI LAWYERS

1-800-DIAL-DUI (AREA CODE 702)

In addition to the Nevada DUI Laws already in existence, Nevada had three new laws during our last legislative session (which ended June, 2005).
 
1. Assembly Bill 256 (Chapter 63) establishes the crime of vehicular homicide. It is committed whenever a person who has previously committed at less three offenses of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or control or prohibited substances drives while under the influence and proximately causes the death of another person.
 
2. Assembly Bill 421 (Chapter 193) provides that once a person has been convicted of a felony offense of DUI in Nevada or another state, any subsequent DUI offense is punishable as a felony regardless of whether the subsequent offense occurred within the last seven years. Under such circumstances, the person is guilty of a Category B felony punishable by imprisonment in the State prison for not less than two years and not more than 15 years. DMV revocation is for three years for any convicted DUI felony.
 
3. Assembly Bill 550 (Chapter 443) provides for the installation of an interlock device if the person convicted of a first or second DUI had a BA of more than 0.18. The court may waive this requirement for a first offense if an economic hardship is present. The bill also limits the criminal proceedings in which affidavits or declarations of health providers may be used to grand jury hearings or preliminary hearings.