Section 23103.5.
(a) When the prosecution agrees to a plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a charge of a violation of Section 23103 in satisfaction of, or
as a substitute for, an original charge of a violation of Section 23152, the
prosecution shall state for the record a factual basis for the satisfaction or
substitution, including whether or not there had been consumption of any
alcoholic beverage or ingestion or administration of any drug, or both, by the
defendant in connection with the offense. The statement shall set forth the
facts that show whether or not there was a consumption of any alcoholic
beverage or the ingestion or administration of any drug by the defendant in
connection with the offense.
(b) The court shall advise the defendant, prior to the acceptance
of the plea offered pursuant to a factual statement pursuant to subdivision
(a), of the consequences of a conviction of a violation of Section 23103 as set
forth in subdivision (c).
(c) If the court accepts the defendant's plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a charge of a violation of Section 23103 and the prosecutor's
statement under subdivision (a) states that there was consumption of any
alcoholic beverage or the ingestion or administration of any drugs by the
defendant in connection with the offense, the resulting conviction shall be a
prior offense for the purposes of Section 23540, 23546, 23550, 23560, 23566, or
23622, as specified in those sections.
(d) The court shall notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of each
conviction of Section 23103 that is required under this section to be a prior
offense for purposes of Section 23540, 23546, 23550, 23560, 23566, or 23622.
(e) If the court places the defendant on probation for a conviction
of Section 23103 that is required under this section to be a prior offense for
purposes of Section 23540, 23546, 23550, 23560, 23566, or 23622, the court
shall order the defendant to enroll in an alcohol and drug education program
licensed under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 11836) of Part 2 of Division
10.5 of the Health and Safety Code and complete, at a minimum, the educational
component of that program, as a condition of probation. If compelling
circumstances exist that mitigate against including the education component in
the order, the court may make an affirmative finding to that effect. The court
shall state the compelling circumstances and the affirmative finding on the
record, and may, in these cases, exclude the educational component from the
order.
(f) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall include in its annual
report to the Legislature under Section 1821 an evaluation of the effectiveness
of the program described in subdivision (e) as to treating persons convicted of
violating Section 23103.
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