while under the influence of alcohol or any other drugs or substances - Penalty. 1. An individual is guilty of criminal vehicular homicide if the individual commits an offense under section 39 -08-01 or equivalent ordinance and as a result the individual causes a death of another individual to occur, including the death of an unborn child, unless the individual who causes the death of the unborn child is the mother. A violation of this subsection is a class A felony. If an individual commits a violation under this subsection, the court shall impose at least three years' imprisonment. If the individual violates this section after having been previously convicted of a violation of section 39-08-01 or 39-08-03, or equivalent ordinance, the court shall impose at least ten years' imprisonment. An individual may not be prosecuted and found guilty of this and an offense under chapter 12.1-16 if the conduct arises out of the same incident. 2. An individual is guilty of criminal vehicular injury if the individual violates section 39-08-01 or an equivalent ordinance and as a result that individual causes substantial bodily or serious bodily injury to another individual. Violation of this subsection is a class B felony. If an individual violates this subsection, the court shall impose at least one year and one day's imprisonment. If the individual violates this section after having been previously convicted of a violation of section 39 -08-01 or 39-08-03 or an equivalent ordinance, the court shall impose at least two years' imprisonment. 3. The sentence under this section may not be suspended unless the court finds that manifest injustice would result from the imposition of the sentence. Before a sentence under this section applies, a defendant must be notified of the minimum mandatory sentence. The elements of an offense under this section are the elements of an offense for a violation of section 39 -08-01 and the additional elements that create an offense in each subsection of this section. Whether an individual caused death or substantial or serious bodily injury must be determined in accordance with section 12.1-02-05. 39-08-01.3. Alcohol -related traffic offenses - Seizure, forfeiture, and sale of motor vehicles. A motor vehicle owned and operated by an individual upon a highway or upon public or private areas to which the public has a right of access for vehicular use may be seized, forfeited, and sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to an order of the court at the time of sentencing if the individual is in violation of section 39 -08-01, 39 -08-01.2, or 39 -08-01.4, or an equivalent ordinance and has been convicted of violating section 39 -08-01 or an equivalent ordinance at least one other time within the seven years preceding the violation.
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