[Previous] [Next]

47-6-205.1.


§47-6-205.1.


    A.  The driver license or driving privilege of a person who is
convicted of any offense as provided in paragraph 2 or 6 of
subsection A of Section 6-205 of this title, or a person who has
refused to submit to a test or tests as provided in Section 753 of
this title, or a person whose alcohol concentration is subject to the
provisions of Section 754 of this title, shall be revoked or denied
by the Department of Public Safety for the following period, as
applicable:
    1.  The first license revocation pursuant to Section 753 of this
title shall be for one hundred eighty (180) days, which may be
modified;
    2.  The first license revocation pursuant to paragraph 2 of
subsection A of Section 6-205 of this title or pursuant to Section
754 of this title shall be for one hundred eighty (180) days, which
may be modified;
    3.  The first license revocation pursuant to paragraph 6 of
subsection A of Section 6-205 of this title shall be for one hundred
eighty (180) days, which may be modified; provided, for license
revocations for a misdemeanor charge of possessing a controlled
dangerous substance, the provisions of this paragraph shall apply to
any such revocations by the Department on or after January 1, 1993;
    4.  A revocation pursuant to paragraph 2 or 6 of subsection A of
Section 6-205, 753 or 754 of this title shall be for a period of one
(1) year if within five (5) years preceding the date of arrest
relating thereto, a prior revocation commenced pursuant to paragraph
2 or 6 of subsection A of Section 6-205, 753 or 754 of this title as
shown by the Department's records.  Such period may be modified; or
    5.  A revocation pursuant to paragraph 2 or 6 of subsection A of
Section 6-205, 753 or 754 of this title shall be for a period of
three (3) years if within five (5) years preceding the date of arrest
relating thereto, two or more prior revocations commenced pursuant to
paragraph 2 or 6 of subsection A of Section 6-205, 753 or 754 of this
title as shown by the Department's records.  Such period may be
modified.
    B.  The term "revocation" as used in this section includes a
denial by the Department to issue a driver's license.
    C.  Each period of license revocation not subject to modification
shall be mandatory and neither the Department nor any court shall
grant a license or permit to drive a motor vehicle based upon
hardship or otherwise for the duration of that period.  The
revocation periods provided for in this section may be modified as
provided for in Section 754.1 or 755 of this title.
    D.  Any appeal of a revocation or denial of a driver license
shall be governed by Section 6-211 of this title.






[Previous] [Next]