Changes in Maryland's DUI laws will go into effect next week.
The four new DUI laws that become effective October 1 came out of the 2009 legislative session in Annapolis. WBAL reports that one bill mandates a one-year driver's license suspensions for persons convicted twice of Maryland's impaired driving statutes. Another bill outlaws the "consumption" of alcohol by those under 21 (law enforcement officials now will be able to charge offenders with consumption if they can prove the youth had possession of the alcohol and is proven to be under the influence) and criminalizes the furnishing of alcohol to minors; There is also bill that prohibits a DUI offender from receiving a Probation Before Judgment (PBJ) more than once in a 10 year period; and a provision for fines and incarceration for persons violating a Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) imposed driver's license alcohol restriction. Lt Governor Anthony Brown.
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