Effect of conviction prior to enactment
When warning a driver or taking away their driving privileges, the government cannot count convictions that happened more than six months before this law took effect. Old convictions that happened before this law cannot be used to suspend or take away a license unless the driver breaks the law again after this law went into effect.
302.308. Effect of prior to enactment. — The in warning an of his conviction or in issuing an suspending or revoking his shall not convert to or use as a basis of or any conviction which occurred more than six months prior to the of sections 302.302 to 302.309, provided, however, that such accumulation of points resulting from prior to the effective date of sections 302.302 to 302.309, shall not cause a suspension or revocation of any driving privileges, not suspendable or revocable under the law existing prior to such effective date*, until there has been further violation or violations under the of sections 302.302 to 302.309.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1961 p. 487, A.L. 1989 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3) Effective 7-27-89 *The original effective date of this section was 10-31-61.
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