41-6a-518.1 - Tampering with an ignition interlock system.
41-6a-518.1. Tampering with an ignition interlock system.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "ignition interlock system" has the same meaning as defined in Section 41-6a-518;and
(b) "interlock restricted driver" has the same meaning as defined in Section 41-6a-518.2.
(2) (a) A person may not:
(i) circumvent or tamper with the operation of an ignition interlock system;
(ii) knowingly furnish an interlock restricted driver a motor vehicle without an ignitioninterlock system unless authorized under Subsection 41-6a-518(7);
(iii) blow into an ignition interlock system or start a motor vehicle equipped with anignition interlock system for the purpose of allowing an interlock restricted driver to operate amotor vehicle; or
(iv) advertise for sale, offer for sale, sell, or lease an ignition interlock system unless thesystem has been certified by the commissioner as required under Subsection 41-6a-518(8).
(b) An interlock restricted driver may not:
(i) rent, lease, or borrow a motor vehicle without an ignition interlock system; or
(ii) request another person to blow into an ignition interlock system in order to allow theinterlock restricted driver to operate the motor vehicle.
(c) A violation of any provision under this Subsection (2) is a class B misdemeanor.
(3) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of a violation of this section if:
(a) the starting of a motor vehicle, or the request to start a motor vehicle, that is equippedwith an ignition interlock system is done for the purpose of safety or mechanical repair of thesystem or the motor vehicle; and
(b) the interlock restricted driver does not operate the motor vehicle.
Enacted by Chapter 341, 2006 General Session