Florida Lifetime DUI Suspension

Florida Supreme Court Rules that the Amendment to section 322.271(4), Florida Statutes, that eliminated hardship driver's licenses effective July 1, 2003, did not violate the prohibition against ex post facto laws. Even for persons who could have applied for hardship license before the amendment became effective. Constitutional Prohibition against ex post facto laws applied to criminal or penal provisions, and elimination of hardship licenses for drivers with four DUI convictions was a civil regulatory scheme for protection of the public. Driving is a privilege not a right.

Source: 33 Fla. L. Weekly S434a