§ 23249 Study and Report to the Legislature

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23249.

The Department of Motor Vehicles shall conduct two studies
to evaluate the effectiveness of ignition interlock in California and
shall report the findings to the Legislature, as specified in
subdivisions (a) and (b).

(a) The department shall conduct a process study of ignition
interlock in California and report the findings to the Legislature on
or before July 1, 2002. This study shall examine the implementation
of ignition interlock by the courts, the department and ignition
interlock installers, and report the rate at which courts assign
interlock to persons convicted of a violation of Section 14601.2 and
the rate at which these persons install these devices.

(b) The department shall conduct an outcome study of ignition
interlock in California and report the findings to the Legislature on
or before July 1, 2004. This study shall examine the effectiveness
of California's ignition interlock laws in reducing recidivism,
moving violation convictions and crashes among drivers ordered by the
court to install interlock devices, and among drivers applying to
the department, and receiving from it, an ignition interlock
restricted license.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2005, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later
enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2005, deletes or
extends that date.