1. A. The driver license or driving privilege of a person who is convicted of any offense as provided in paragraph 2 or 6 of subsection A of Section 6-205 of this title, or a person who has refused to submit to a test or tests as provided in Section 753 of this title, or a person whose alcohol concentration is subject to the provisions of Section 754 of this title, shall be revoked or denied by the Department of Public Safety for the following period, as applicable:

   1. 1. The first license revocation pursuant to Section 753 of this title shall be for one hundred eighty (180) days, which may be modified;
   2. 2. The first license revocation pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 6-205 of this title or pursuant to Section 754 of this title shall be for one hundred eighty (180) days, which may be modified;
   3. 3. The first license revocation pursuant to paragraph 6 of subsection A of Section 6-205 of this title shall be for one hundred eighty (180) days, which may be modified; provided, for license revocations for a misdemeanor charge of possessing a controlled dangerous substance, the provisions of this paragraph shall apply to any such revocations by the Department on or after January 1, 1993;
   4. 4. A revocation pursuant to paragraph 2 or 6 of subsection A of Section 6-205, 753 or 754 of this title shall be for a period of one (1) year if within five (5) years preceding the date of arrest relating thereto, a prior revocation commenced pursuant to paragraph 2 or 6 of subsection A of Section 6-205, 753 or 754 of this title as shown by the Department's records. Such period may be modified; or
   5. 5. A revocation pursuant to paragraph 2 or 6 of subsection A of Section 6-205, 753 or 754 of this title shall be for a period of three (3) years if within five (5) years preceding the date of arrest relating thereto, two or more prior revocations commenced pursuant to paragraph 2 or 6 of subsection A of Section 6-205, 753 or 754 of this title as shown by the Department's records. Such period may be modified.
2. B. The term "revocation" as used in this section includes a denial by the Department to issue a driver's license.
3. C. Each period of license revocation not subject to modification shall be mandatory and neither the Department nor any court shall grant a license or permit to drive a motor vehicle based upon hardship or otherwise for the duration of that period. The revocation periods provided for in this section may be modified as provided for in Section 754.1 or 755 of this title.
4. D. Any appeal of a revocation or denial of a driver license shall be governed by Section 6-211 of this title.

Laws 1988, SB 556, c. 242, § 2, eff. November 1, 1988; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 2431, c. 217, § 11, emerg. eff. July 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1993, SB 118, c. 314, § 2, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1717, c. 238, § 3, emerg. eff. May 26, 1993 (repealed by Laws 1994, HB 2299, c. 2, § 34, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994); Amended by Laws 1994, HB 2299, c. 2, § 15, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 2339, c. 243, § 4, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1996, SB 1230, c. 309, § 6, eff. November 1, 1996.