{
 "citation": "14:98.7",
 "heading": "Unlawful refusal to submit to chemical tests; arrests for driving while impaired",
 "doc_id": "919570",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=919570",
 "classification": "M",
 "enacted_year": "2014",
 "last_amended_year": "2024",
 "penalties": [
  {
   "subsection": "B(1)",
   "text": "B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and shall be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months.",
   "los_min": "10D",
   "los_max": "6M",
   "hard_labor": "",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  }
 ],
 "referenced_statutes": [
  "14:98",
  "14:98.5"
 ],
 "text": "RS 14:98.7\n\n\u00a798.7. Unlawful refusal to submit to chemical tests; arrests for driving while impaired\n\nA. No person under arrest for a violation of R.S. 14:98, 98.6, or any other law or\nordinance that prohibits operating a vehicle while impaired may refuse to submit to a\nchemical test when requested to do so by a law enforcement officer if the person has refused\nto submit to such test on two previous and separate occasions of any such violation.\n\nB.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than\nthree hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and shall be imprisoned for not\nless than ten days nor more than six months.\n\n(2) Imposition or execution of sentence shall not be suspended unless one of the\nfollowing occurs:\n\n(a) The offender is placed on probation with the minimum conditions that he serve\ntwo days in jail and participate in a court-approved substance abuse program and participate\nin a court-approved driver improvement program.\n\n(b) The offender is placed on probation with the minimum conditions that he perform\nthirty-two hours of court-approved community service activities, at least half of which shall\nconsist of participation in a litter abatement or collection program, participate in a court-approved substance abuse program, and participate in a court-approved driver improvement\nprogram. An offender who participates in a litter abatement or collection program pursuant\nto this Subparagraph shall have no cause of action for damages against the entity conducting\nthe program or supervising his participation therein, as provided by R.S. 14:98.5(D).\n\nActs 2014, No. 385, \u00a71, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2020, No. 40, \u00a71, eff. June 4, 2020;\nActs 2024, No. 662, \u00a71."
}