Utah Code § 41-6a-512

Factual basis for alcohol or drug-related reckless driving plea
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(1)
(a) The prosecution shall state for the record a factual basis for a plea, including whether or not
there had been consumption of alcohol, drugs, or a combination of both, by the defendant in
connection with the violation when the prosecution agrees to a plea of guilty or no contest to a
charge of a violation of the following in satisfaction of, or as a substitute for, an original charge
of a violation of Section 41-6a-502 for an offense committed before July 1, 2008:
(i) reckless driving under Section 41-6a-528; or
(ii) an ordinance enacted under Section 41-6a-510.
(b) The statement under Subsection (1)(a) is an offer of proof of the facts that shows whether
there was consumption of alcohol, drugs, or a combination of both, by the defendant, in
connection with the violation.
(2) The court shall advise the defendant before accepting the plea offered under this section of the
consequences of a violation of Section 41-6a-528.
(3) The court shall notify the Driver License Division of each conviction of Section 41-6a-528
entered under this section.
(4)
(a) The provisions in Subsections 41-6a-505(1), (3), (5), and (7) that require a sentencing court
to order a convicted person to participate in a screening, an assessment, or an educational
series or obtain substance abuse treatment or do a combination of those things, apply to a
conviction for a violation of Section 41-6a-528 under Subsection (1).

(b) The court shall render the same order regarding screening, assessment, an educational
series, or substance abuse treatment in connection with a first, second, or subsequent
conviction under Section 41-6a-528 under Subsection (1), as the court would render
in connection with applying respectively, the first, second, or subsequent conviction
requirements of Subsections 41-6a-505(1), (3), (5), and (7).

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