Section 577.013 - Boating while intoxicated - sentencing restrictions1. A person commits the offense of boating while intoxicated if he or she operates a vessel while in an intoxicated condition.2. The offense of boating while intoxicated is:(1) A class B misdemeanor;(2) A class A misdemeanor if:(a) The defendant is a prior boating offender; or(b) A person less than seventeen years of age is present in the vessel;(3) A class E felony if: (a) The defendant is a persistent boating offender; or(b) While boating while intoxicated, the defendant acts with criminal negligence to cause physical injury to another person;(4) A class D felony if: (a) The defendant is an aggravated boating offender;(b) While boating while intoxicated, the defendant acts with criminal negligence to cause physical injury to a law enforcement officer or emergency personnel; or(c) While boating while intoxicated, the defendant acts with criminal negligence to cause serious physical injury to another person;(5) A class C felony if:(a) The defendant is a chronic boating offender;(b) While boating while intoxicated, the defendant acts with criminal negligence to cause serious physical injury to a law enforcement officer or emergency personnel; or(c) While boating while intoxicated, the defendant acts with criminal negligence to cause the death of another person;(6) A class B felony if:(a) The defendant is a habitual boating offender; or(b) While boating while intoxicated, the defendant acts with criminal negligence to cause the death of a law enforcement officer or emergency personnel;(7) A class A felony if the defendant is a habitual offender as a result of being found guilty of an act described under paragraph (d) of subdivision (12) of section 577.001 and is found guilty of a subsequent violation of such paragraph.3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of this section, a person found guilty of the offense of boating while intoxicated as a first offense shall not be granted a suspended imposition of sentence:(1) Unless such person shall be placed on probation for a minimum of two years; or(2) In a circuit where a DWI court or docket created under section 478.007 or other court-ordered treatment program is available, and where the offense was committed with fifteen-hundredths of one percent or more by weight of alcohol in such person's blood, unless the individual participates in and successfully completes a program under such DWI court or docket or other court-ordered treatment program.4. If a person is found guilty of a second or subsequent offense of boating while intoxicated, the court may order the person to submit to a period of continuous alcohol monitoring or verifiable breath alcohol testing performed a minimum of four times per day as a condition of probation.5. If a person is not granted a suspended imposition of sentence for the reasons described in subsection 3 of this section:(1) If the individual operated the vessel with fifteen-hundredths to twenty-hundredths of one percent by weight of alcohol in such person's blood, the required term of imprisonment shall be not less than forty-eight hours;(2) If the individual operated the vessel with greater than twenty-hundredths of one percent by weight of alcohol in such person's blood, the required term of imprisonment shall be not less than five days.6. A person found guilty of the offense of boating while intoxicated:(1) As a prior boating offender, persistent boating offender, aggravated boating offender, chronic boating offender or habitual boating offender shall not be granted a suspended imposition of sentence or be sentenced to pay a fine in lieu of a term of imprisonment, section 557.011 to the contrary notwithstanding;(2) As a prior boating offender shall not be granted parole or probation until he or she has served a minimum of ten days imprisonment:(a) Unless as a condition of such parole or probation such person performs at least two hundred forty hours of community service under the supervision of the court in those jurisdictions which have a recognized program for community service; or(b) The offender participates in and successfully completes a program established under section 478.007 or other court-ordered treatment program, if available;(3) As a persistent offender shall not be eligible for parole or probation until he or she has served a minimum of thirty days imprisonment:(a) Unless as a condition of such parole or probation such person performs at least four hundred eighty hours of community service under the supervision of the court in those jurisdictions which have a recognized program for community service; or(b) The offender participates in and successfully completes a program established under section 478.007 or other court-ordered treatment program, if available;(4) As an aggravated boating offender shall not be eligible for parole or probation until he or she has served a minimum of sixty days imprisonment;(5) As a chronic or habitual boating offender shall not be eligible for parole or probation until he or she has served a minimum of two years imprisonment; and(6) Any probation or parole granted under this subsection may include a period of continuous alcohol monitoring or verifiable breath alcohol testing performed a minimum of four times per day.Amended by 2016 Mo. Laws, HB 2332,s A, eff. 8/28/2016.Amended by 2015 Mo. Laws, SB 254,s A, eff. 1/1/2017.Added by 2014 Mo. Laws, SB 491,s A, eff. 1/1/2017.