SB 169

This act amends Sections 13A-6-3, 13A-6-4, and 32-10-6, Code of Alabama 1975, to: (1) add causing the death of an individual while operating a motor vehicle or vessel under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance to the acts constituting the crime of manslaughter; (2) remove the increased penalty of a Class C felony for causing the death of another by criminal negligence when operating a motor vehicle or vessel under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; and (3) provide that violations of duties owed by drivers of motor vehicles in accidents that involve serious physical injury are Class B felonies, and that victims of these violations are crime victims for purposes of restitution.