Adopted by House 3-10-2010
SB559 H JUD AM 3-8 #1
The Committee on the Judiciary moves to amend the bill on page
one, following the enacting section, by striking out the remainder
of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following language:
"ARTICLE 19. PARTIES, PROCEDURE UPON ARREST AND REPORTS IN
CRIMINAL CASES.
§17C-19-3. When person arrested must be taken immediately before
a magistrate or court.
(a) Whenever any person is arrested for any violation of this
chapter punishable as a misdemeanor, the arrested person shall be
immediately taken before a magistrate or court within the county in
which the offense charged is alleged to have been committed and who
has jurisdiction of the offense and is nearest or most accessible
with reference to the place where the arrest is made, in any of the
following cases:
(1) When a person arrested demands an immediate appearance
before a magistrate or court;
(2) When the person is arrested upon a charge of negligent
homicide;
(3) When the person is arrested upon a charge of driving while
under the influence of alcohol, or under the influence of any controlled substance, or under the influence of any other drug, or
under the combined influence of alcohol and any controlled
substance or any other drug;
(4) When the person is arrested upon a charge of failure to
stop in the event of an accident causing death, personal injury or
damage to property;
(5) When the person is arrested upon a charge of violating
section fourteen, article seventeen of this chapter relating to
weight violations, except as otherwise provided in that section;
(6) When the person arrested is a resident of a state that has
not entered into a nonresident violator compact with this state;
(7) When the person is arrested for driving with a suspended
or revoked driver's license pursuant to:
(A) a third or subsequent violation of subsection (a), section
three, article four, chapter seventeen-b of this code
; or
(B) subsection (b), section three, article four, chapter
seventeen-b of this code
; or
(8) In any other event when the person arrested refuses to
accept the written notice to appear in court as his or her promise
to appear in court or to comply with the terms of the written
notice to appear in court as provided in section four of this
article.
(b) When the person arrested is a resident of a state that has entered into a nonresident violator compact with this state, the
arresting officer shall issue the person a written notice as
provided for in section four of this article and may not take the
person immediately before a magistrate or court, except under the
terms of the compact or under the circumstances set forth in
subsection (a) of this section."