Attorney General Opinion No.

Robert Watson Overland Park City Attorney City Hall, 8500 Santa Fe Drive Overland Park, Kansas 66212

Dear Mr. Watson:

You request an opinion concerning the use of the ignition interlock device in municipal court proceedings after a second or subsequent conviction for an alcohol related offense. The 1993 legislature amended K.S.A. 8-1015 in relevant part as follows:

"Upon a person's second or subsequent conviction for an alcohol related offense and if the person had an alcohol concentration of .15 or more in the person's blood or breath, the convicting court shall restrict the person's driving…