                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PENALTY FOR DRIVING COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED; SUBSEQUENT
OFFENSE; PRIOR CONVICTION (§ 46.2-341.28)

A. Except as otherwise provided herein, any person violating any provision of
subsection A of &#xA7; 46.2-341.24 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor with a
mandatory minimum fine of $250. If the person&#8217;s blood alcohol level as
indicated by the chemical test as provided in this article or by any other
scientifically reliable chemical test performed on whole blood under
circumstances reliably establishing the identity of the person who is the source
of the blood and accuracy of the results (i) was at least 0.15, but not more
than 0.20, he shall be confined in jail for an additional mandatory minimum
period of five days or (ii) was more than 0.20, he shall be confined in jail for
an additional mandatory minimum period of 10 days.

B. 1. Any person convicted of a second offense committed within less than five
years after a prior offense under subsection A of § 46.2-341.24 shall upon
conviction of the second offense be punished by a mandatory minimum fine of $500
and by confinement in jail for not less than one month nor more than one year.
Twenty days of such confinement shall be a mandatory minimum sentence.

   2. Any person convicted of a second offense committed within a period of five
   to 10 years of a prior offense under subsection A of &#xA7; 46.2-341.24 shall
   upon conviction of the second offense be punished by a mandatory minimum fine
   of $500 and by confinement in jail for not less than one month. Ten days of
   such confinement shall be a mandatory minimum sentence.

   3. Upon conviction of a second offense within 10 years of a prior offense, if
   the person&#8217;s blood alcohol level as indicated by the chemical test
   administered as provided in this article or by any other scientifically
   reliable chemical test performed on whole blood under circumstances reliably
   establishing the identity of the person who is the source of the blood and the
   accuracy of the results (i) was at least 0.15, but not more than 0.20, he
   shall be confined in jail for an additional mandatory minimum period of 10
   days or (ii) was more than 0.20, he shall be confined for an additional
   mandatory minimum period of 20 days. In addition, such person shall be fined a
   mandatory minimum fine of $500.

C. 1. Any person convicted of three offenses under subsection A of §
46.2-341.24 within a 10-year period is upon conviction of the third offense
guilty of a Class 6 felony. The sentence of any person convicted of three
offenses under subsection A of § 46.2-341.24 shall include a mandatory minimum
sentence of 90 days, unless the three offenses were committed within a five-year
period, in which case the sentence shall include a mandatory minimum sentence of
confinement for six months. In addition, such person shall be fined a mandatory
minimum fine of $1,000.

   2. Any person who has been convicted of a violation of &#xA7; 18.2-36.1,
   18.2-36.2, 18.2-51.4, or 18.2-51.5 or a felony violation under subsection A of
   &#xA7; 46.2-341.24 is upon conviction of a subsequent violation under
   subsection A of &#xA7; 46.2-341.24 guilty of a Class 6 felony. The punishment
   of any person convicted of such a subsequent violation under subsection A of
   &#xA7; 46.2-341.24 shall include a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of
   one year and a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000.

   3. The punishment of any person convicted of a fourth or subsequent offense
   under subsection A of &#xA7; 46.2-341.24 committed within a 10-year period
   shall, upon conviction, include a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of
   one year. In addition, such person shall be fined a mandatory minimum fine of
   $1,000.

D. In addition to the penalty otherwise authorized by this section, any person
convicted of a violation of subsection A of &#xA7; 46.2-341.24 committed while
transporting a person 17 years of age or younger shall be (i) fined an
additional minimum of $500 and not more than $1,000 and (ii) sentenced to a
mandatory minimum period of confinement of five days.

E. For the purpose of determining the number of offenses committed by, and the
punishment appropriate for, a person under this section, a conviction of any
person or finding of not innocent in the case of a juvenile under the following
shall be considered a conviction under subsection A of &#xA7; 46.2-341.24: (i)
&#xA7; 18.2-36.1, 18.2-51.4, or 18.2-266, former &#xA7; 18.1-54 (formerly &#xA7;
18-75), or subsection A of &#xA7; 46.2-341.24; (ii) the ordinance of any county,
city, or town in the Commonwealth substantially similar to the provisions of any
offense listed in clause (i); or (iii) the laws of any other state or of the
United States substantially similar to the provisions of any offense listed in
clause (i).

F. Mandatory minimum punishments imposed pursuant to this section shall be
cumulative, and mandatory minimum terms of confinement shall be served
consecutively. However, in no case shall punishment imposed hereunder exceed the
applicable statutory maximum Class 1 misdemeanor term of confinement or fine
upon conviction of a first or second offense, or Class 6 felony term of
confinement or fine upon conviction of a third or subsequent offense.

HISTORY: 1989, c. 705, § 46.1-372.27; 1993, c. 673; 1997, c. 691; 2000, cc.
958, 980; 2004, c. 461; 2017, c. 286.