Measure would bar people from bypassing required ignition locks

People subject to the listed driving limits could not ask or allow someone else to start their vehicle through an ignition interlock, and other people could not help bypass or tamper with the device. The rules cover drivers with limited or restricted driving privileges, other people who assist them, and people who are not interlock service providers or their agents or subcontractors. Service providers and their agents or subcontractors are excluded from the separate ban on tampering or bypassing. The driver must be under one of the listed limited or restricted driving privileges. The request-and-assistance ban applies during any period when the driver must operate only a vehicle with a certified ignition interlock device.

A person generally could not knowingly rent, lease, lend, borrow, or operate a vehicle covered by these rules unless it has a functioning certified ignition interlock device. The rules cover people with limited or restricted driving privileges and people who rent, lease, lend, or borrow vehicles for their use. A substantial emergency is an exception to the lending ban and to the driver's ban on operating without a functioning device. A driver who rents, leases, or borrows a vehicle must tell the other person about the driver's operating requirements. The driver's no-operation rule applies during the applicable period when the driver must use a vehicle with a functioning certified ignition interlock device.

A person who violates these rules would generally commit a class 1 misdemeanor, while the department could extend the interlock requirement after certain convictions. The felony exception applies to someone who knowingly lends a vehicle in violation of the lending rule when the driver later causes a collision resulting in death or serious physical injury. The department must extend the interlock requirement after a conviction under the listed provisions, but the extension may not exceed one year. The felony exception requires both the knowing violation and the specified fatal or serious-injury collision. The possible extension follows a conviction under the specified provisions and lasts no more than one year.

An ignition-interlock manufacturer would notify the department when a service provider removes a device, and the department would suspend a special interlock license or privilege if required installation proof is not provided. The proof rule covers a person who must use a certified interlock device in each vehicle the person operates and holds the specified special interlock restricted license or privilege. The person must provide evidence that each operated vehicle has a functioning certified device and must provide proof of installation to the department. Suspension follows when the required evidence is not provided. The person must provide the installation evidence and proof within 72 hours; the manufacturer must notify the department when the device is removed.