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Act 33 of 2016 provides two different effective
dates. The ignition interlock and ILLL provisions
discussed above are effective August 25, 2017.
There are two additional amendments that are effective May 25, 2016. First, urine testing is removed
as an approved method for obtaining evidence in
DUI cases. Second, the definition of "prior offenses" is amended to close a loophole created by previous legislation. A "prior offense" now includes
any offense that occurred within ten years prior
to the date of the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced, or on or after the date of
the offense for which the defendant is being sentenced.20 If the defendant is sentenced for two or
more offenses in the same day, the offenses shall
be considered prior offenses. Thus, if someone has
a prior DUI offense, and then commits a second
DUI and is arrested again for a DUI prior to being sentenced on the second DUI, the third DUI
would be considered a third offense even though
it occurred prior to being convicted of the second
offense.
In conclusion, Act 33 of 2016 provides clients
with the benefits of an ignition interlock limited
license, eliminates urine testing as an approved
method for obtaining evidence in DUI cases, requires the installation of an ignition interlock
device for some first offenses, and changes the
manner of calculating "prior offenses" for DUI
sentencing purposes. 21 When the implications and
effective dates of the Act 33 provisions are carefully considered, criminal defense attorneys will be
able to effectively assist his or her client navigate
the changing waters created by Act 33.
Notes
1. (http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/li/
uconsCheck.cfm?yr=2016&sessInd=0&act=33)
2. See generally, 75 Pa.C.S.§1556.
3. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556(f)(2)(i).
4. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556(f)(2).
5. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556(f)(1)(i).
6. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556(f)(1)(ii).
7. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556(b).
8. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556(b)(4).
9. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556(e) and (f).
10. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556(d).
11. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556 (d).
12. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556 (j)(1).
13. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556(k).
14. (https://www.dot.state.pa.us/public/dvspubsforms/BDL/BDL%20Form/DL-3805.pdf)
15. 75 Pa.C.S. §1556(k)(1)(ii).
16. 75 Pa.C.S. §3805.
17. 75 Pa.C.S. §3805(a.1)(effective Aug. 25, 2017).
18. 75 Pa.C.S. §3805(a) (effective Aug. 25, 2017).
19. 75 Pa.C.S. §3805(d)(1).
20. 75 Pa.C.S. §3806(b).
21. (https://www.dot.state.pa.us/Public/
DVSPubsForms/BDL/BDL%20Fact%20Sheets/fs-iitl.
pdf)
About the Author
Douglas K. Marsico is a graduate of West Chester University and the
Widener University School of Law. Mr. Marsico's practice concentration is
in criminal defense, DUI defense, traffic violations, driver's licensing matters, real estate, and insurance defense. He is admitted in Pennsylvania
and the United States Middle District Court, Middle District of
Pennsylvania. Mr. Marsico served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard
A. Lewis, Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County and as a prosecutor
in the Dauphin County District Attorney's office. He has taught seminars
on traffic and criminal law and on landlord/tenant law for numerous
education providers.
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