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9 GCA § 92202

Sanctions for Refusal to Submit to or Failure to

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 9 — Crimes and Corrections
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Complete a Blood, or Breath Test.

(a)If any person refuses a police officer’s request to submit to, or fails to complete a blood or breath test or tests, upon receipt of a police officer’s sworn statement, affidavit or written declaration under penalty of perjury that the police officer had reasonable cause to believe the person had been operating and in physical control of a motor vehicle in violation of § 92102 of this Chapter and that the person refused to submit to, or failed to complete, the blood or breath tests after having been informed by the police officer of the consequences under subsection

(f)of § 92201 and this § 92202 for refusing to submit to or failing to COL6/5/2019 CH. 92 SAFE STREETS ACT OF 2018 complete the blood or breath test or tests, then the Department of Revenue and Taxation (the Department) shall administratively

(1)suspend the person’s privilege and license or permit to operate a motor vehicle for a period of six

(6)months, or

(2)revoke the person's privilege and license or permit to operate a motor vehicle for a period of two

(2)years if

(A)the person has been convicted of a separate prior violation of § 92102 or

(B)has been administratively determined to have committed a prior violation of § 92102 of this Chapter or

(C)convicted of any prior offense of driving under the influence violation, or

(D)any combination thereof, within five

(5)years of the date of the refusal, or

(E)failure to complete the blood or breath test, or

(3)revoke the person's privilege and license or permit to operate a motor vehicle for a period of three

(3)years if

(A)the person has been convicted of two

(2)or more prior violations of § 92102 or

(B)has been administratively determined to have committed two

(2)or more prior violations of § 92202 of this Chapter or

(C)convicted of any two

(2)or more offenses of driving under the influence, or

(D)any combination thereof, within five

(5)years of the date of the refusal or

(E)failure to complete the blood or breath test.

(b)For the purposes of this Chapter, police officer means an officer of the Guam Police Department, or a security officer of either the Guam Airport Authority or the Guam Port Authority but only while such security officer is carrying on his or her duties within the confines of the COL6/5/2019 CH. 92 SAFE STREETS ACT OF 2018 property under the control and jurisdiction of the Authority by which he or she is employed.

§ The story of this section

  1. Affected by P.L. 22-20 § 2 — introduced as Bill 244-22 · introduced by Pilar C. Lujan + 2 cosponsors
  2. Amended by P.L. 22-146 § 5 — introduced as Bill 966-22 · introduced by Pilar C. Lujan + 2 cosponsors
  3. Affected by P.L. 34-107 § 6 — introduced as Bill 203-34 · introduced by Therese M. Terlaje

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.