Bill Text: IN SB0188 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public intoxication.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters [SB0188 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0188-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 7.1-5-1.
Synopsis: Public intoxication. Provides that, for purposes of the public
intoxication statute, a person is not in a public place or place of public
resort if the person is a passenger in a motor vehicle that is traveling on
a highway. Specifies that the offense of being intoxicated in or upon a
vehicle commonly used for public transportation does not apply to a
taxicab.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and
Civil Matters.
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(b) For purposes of this section, a person is not in a public place or place of public resort if the person is a passenger in a motor vehicle that is traveling on a highway (including a motor vehicle that was traveling on a highway until stopped for a traffic violation).
(b) It is a Class B misdemeanor for a person to be, or to become, intoxicated as a result of the person's use of alcohol or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) in or upon a vehicle commonly used for the public transportation of passengers, or in or upon a
common carrier, or in or about a depot, station, airport, ticket office, waiting room, or platform.