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27-50-306. Additional penalties on conviction of moving traffic violations.
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27-50-306. Additional penalties on conviction of moving traffic violations.
(a) In addition to the penalties provided by law, after the conviction of any person for any moving traffic violation, the sentencing court may in disposition and assessing penalty consider the previous traffic conviction record and impose the following penalties, or combination of penalties:
(1) Suspend the driver's license for any period not to exceed one (1) year;
(2) Suspend the driver's license for any period, not to exceed one (1) year, but grant a conditional permit to drive during the suspension, by imposing conditions and restrictions not to exceed one (1) year defining circumstances under which the violator will be allowed to drive while under suspension;
(3) Require the attendance of the violator at a driver's training school;
(4) Require the violator to retake the driver's test, or furnish proof of adequate sight or hearing necessary for driving, or produce proof of physical or mental capacity and ability to drive;
(5) Require minors to write themes or essays on safe driving; or
(6) Place a minor under probationary conditions, as determined by the court in its reasonable discretion, designed as a reasonable and suitable preventative and educational safeguard to prevent future traffic violations by the minor.
(b)(1) Unless the offense is otherwise addressed under § 5-4-703, in addition to any other sentence, the sentencing court shall assess an additional fine of five dollars ($5.00) for reckless driving, § 27-50-308, or for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour (20 m.p.h.) over the posted speed limit if the finder of fact determines that the traffic violation was committed while a person under eighteen (18) years of age was a passenger in the motor vehicle.
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Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-50-306
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27-50-306. Additional penalties on conviction of moving traffic violations.
(a) In addition to the penalties provided by law, after the conviction of any person for any moving traffic violation, the sentencing court may in disposition and assessing penalty consider the previous traffic conviction record and impose the following penalties, or combination of penalties:
(1) Suspend the driver's license for any period not to exceed one (1) year;
(2) Suspend the driver's license for any period, not to exceed one (1) year, but grant a conditional permit to drive during the suspension, by imposing conditions and restrictions not to exceed one (1) year defining circumstances under which the violator will be allowed to drive while under suspension;
(3) Require the attendance of the violator at a driver's training school;
(4) Require the violator to retake the driver's test, or furnish proof of adequate sight or hearing necessary for driving, or produce proof of physical or mental capacity and ability to drive;
(5) Require minors to write themes or essays on safe driving; or
(6) Place a minor under probationary conditions, as determined by the court in its reasonable discretion, designed as a reasonable and suitable preventative and educational safeguard to prevent future traffic violations by the minor.
(b)(1) Unless the offense is otherwise addressed under § 5-4-703, in addition to any other sentence, the sentencing court shall assess an additional fine of five dollars ($5.00) for reckless driving, § 27-50-308, or for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour (20 m.p.h.) over the posted speed limit if the finder of fact determines that the traffic violation was committed while a person under eighteen (18) years of age was a passenger in the motor vehicle.
(2) A fine assessed and collected under this subsection shall be remitted on or before the fifteenth day of the following month to the Arkansas Children's Advocacy Center Fund.
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27-50-308. Reckless driving.
(a) Any person who drives any vehicle in such a manner as to indicate a wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.
(b)(1)(A) If physical injury to a person results, every person convicted of reckless driving shall be punished upon a first conviction by imprisonment for a period of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(B) Otherwise, every person convicted of reckless driving shall be punished upon a first conviction by imprisonment for a period of not less than five (5) days nor more than ninety (90) days or a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)(A) For a second or subsequent offense occurring within three (3) years of the first offense, every person convicted of reckless driving shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(B) However, if the second or subsequent offense involves physical injury to a person, the person convicted shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one (1) year or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-50-308
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5-4-703. Additional fine — Offense committed against a child or in the presence of a child.
(a) In addition to any other sentence, the court shall assess an additional fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for the following offenses if the finder of fact determines that the offense was committed against a child or in the presence of a child:
(1) A felony involving violence as defined in § 5-4-501(d)(2);
(2) Manslaughter, § 5-10-104, or negligent homicide, § 5-10-105;
(3) False imprisonment in the first degree, § 5-11-103, or false imprisonment in the second degree, § 5-11-104;
(4) Battery in the second degree, § 5-13-202, or battery in the third degree, § 5-13-203;
(5) Aggravated assault, § 5-13-204, assault in the first degree, § 5-13-205, assault in the second degree, § 5-13-206, assault in the third degree, § 5-13-207, or coercion, § 5-13-208;
(6) Introduction of controlled substance into body of another person, § 5-13-210;
(7) Terroristic threatening, § 5-13-301, or terroristic act, § 5-13-310;
(8) Sexual indecency with a child, § 5-14-110, indecent exposure, § 5-14-112, sexual assault in the third degree, § 5-14-126, or sexual assault in the fourth degree, § 5-14-127;
(9) Trafficking of persons, § 5-18-103, or patronizing a victim of human trafficking, § 5-18-104;
(10) Domestic battering in the second degree, § 5-26-304, domestic battering in the third degree, § 5-26-305, aggravated assault on a family or household member, § 5-26-306, first degree assault on a family or household member, § 5-26-307, second degree assault on a family or household member, § 5-26-308, or third degree assault on a family or household member, § 5-26-309;
(11) Endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree, § 5-27-205, endangering the welfare of a minor in th
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-4-703
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-4-703. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.