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RS 29:211 - Article 111. Drunken or reckless driving

LA Rev Stat § 29:211 (2018) (N/A)
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§211. Article 111. Drunken or reckless driving

Any person subject to this code who operates any motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance when:

(1) The operator is under the influence of alcoholic beverages; or

(2) The operator's blood alcohol concentration is 0.08 percent or more by weight based on grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood; or

(3) The operator is under the influence of any controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V as set forth in R.S. 40:964 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Acts 1974, No. 621, §1; Acts 1988, No. 150, §1, eff. June 27, 1988; Acts 2001, No. 781, §3, eff. Sept. 30, 2003.

NOTE: Section 6 of Acts 2001, No. 781, which amends R.S. 29:211(2), provides that the provisions of the Act shall become null and of no effect if and when Section 351 of P.L. 106-346 regarding the withholding of federal highway funds for failure to enact a 0.08 percent blood alcohol level is repealed or invalidated for any reason.

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