41-6a-519 - Municipal attorneys for specified offenses may prosecute for certain DUI offenses and driving while license is suspended or revoked.
41-6a-519. Municipal attorneys for specified offenses may prosecute for certainDUI offenses and driving while license is suspended or revoked.
The following class A misdemeanors may be prosecuted by attorneys of cities and townsand other prosecutors authorized elsewhere in this code to prosecute these alleged violations:
(1) alleged class A misdemeanor violations of Section 41-6a-502; and
(2) alleged violations of Section 53-3-227, which consist of the person operating avehicle while the person's driving privilege is suspended or revoked for:
(a) a violation of Section 41-6a-502;
(b) a local ordinance which complies with the requirements of Section 41-6a-510,41-6a-520, or 76-5-207; or
(c) a criminal prohibition that the person was charged with violating as a result of a pleabargain after having been originally charged with violating one or more of the sections orordinances identified in Subsection (2)(a) or (b).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session