H.R. 4179 · 113th Congress
Lucid Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jared Polis
- Introduced
- 2014-03-06
- Latest action
- 2014-03-07 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Summary
Lucid Act - Makes eligible for federal-aid highway project grants a state whose law legalizes the use of marijuana with or without medical justification only if that state: (1) has in effect a law prohibiting an individual from driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while impaired by marijuana, and (2) enforces that law using training and methods for determining cognitive or physical marijuana impairment.
Exempts those states from specified administrative penalties.
Revises the terms "driving while intoxicated" and "driving under the influence" to accord with this Act. Subjects repeat offenders to minimum civil and criminal penalties for driving a motor vehicle while impaired by marijuana in those states.