| DUI repeat offenders are defined as people who | | | | dependency. The opportunity to go to a clinic instead |
| were arrested for driving with a blood alcohol level of | | | | of facing jail time may be a good idea to those people |
| 0.15 or more on more than one occasion in the last 10 | | | | who have already been convicted twice, as a third DUI |
| years under the law in Texas. Thanks to the super | | | | conviction is a felony. |
| high DUI offender rates in Texas, the law takes repeat | | | | When making the determination of which length of |
| offenders decidedly seriously. This article will describe | | | | time to suspend the person's drivers license, a judge |
| what you should expect if you or a friend or family | | | | will also take history into consideration. A suspension |
| member has received a second drunk driving | | | | period of between 90 days and 1 year is necessary |
| conviction. | | | | for the first offense. If the person has already been |
| First of all, after a conviction, the person is required to | | | | convicted of drunk driving at least once, the |
| go through an assessment for an alcohol or drug | | | | suspension has to be between 6 months and 2 years. |
| dependency problem. Anyone who has more than one | | | | The suspension is required to be in between 1 and 2 |
| DUI convictions has to take a 36 hour prgram on the | | | | years if any of the previous convictions has been |
| topic of the risks of driving drunk or under the influence | | | | within five years of the current one. |
| of alcohol. This is necessary regardless of the | | | | Even if your license has been suspended, you could be |
| assessment. Lowering the rate of people driving drunk | | | | allowed an occupational license. your place of |
| is the aim of the program, on top of giving people a | | | | employment or to your educational facility driving is |
| hand with alcohol abuse problems. The course | | | | authorized, but is all that is permitted, with a restricted |
| focuses on accepting individual responsibility, building | | | | drivers license. It will be tougher to be given an |
| self-esteem and learning to act productively. There are | | | | occupational license if the person convicted has a long |
| many groups and charities who give the class in a | | | | history of prior convictions. |
| number of areas, authorized to do so by the state of | | | | There is a number of different of punishments for a |
| Texas. | | | | DUI, and depend on the judge assisgned to the case |
| The convicted person may be given options by the | | | | and the circumstances of the arrest. the right lawyer is |
| judge to either go to jail or going into a rehab program | | | | vital when facing charges of a DUI. |
| if they are found as having trouble with drug or alcohol | | | | |