| This bill subjects a person who fails to submit to mandatory |
| testing to determine whether the person is under the influence |
| of intoxicants to the same penalties as if the person were |
| convicted of operating under the influence. This bill makes a |
| conviction for failure to submit to mandatory testing |
| equivalent to a conviction for operating under the influence |
| of intoxicants. The bill specifies that a person who has no |
| previous OUI offenses and fails to submit to a test at the |
| request of a law enforcement officer must be sentenced to at |
| least 48 hours of incarceration, which is the same mandatory |
| penalty that is imposed for a person convicted of a first OUI |
| offense. This bill removes the enhanced penalties for a |
| refusing to submit to testing since such refusal is now a |
| separate offense. |
