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Minnesota Statute 169A.20
Driving While Impaired
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Source:
Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Subdivision 1. b
Driving while impaired crime. It is a crime
for any person to drive, operate, or be in
physical control of any motor vehicle within
this state or on any boundary water of this
state:
(1) when the person is under the influence
of alcohol;
(2) when the person is under the influence
of a controlled substance;
(3) when the person is knowingly under the
influence of a hazardous substance that
affects the nervous system, brain, or
muscles of the person so as to substantially
impair the person's ability to drive or
operate the motor vehicle;
(4) when the person is under the influence
of a combination of any two or more of the
elements named in clauses (1), (2), and (3);
(5) when the person's alcohol concentration
at the time, or as measured within two hours
of the time, of driving, operating, or being
in physical control of the motor vehicle is
0.08 or more;
(6) when the vehicle is a commercial motor
vehicle and the person's alcohol
concentration at the time, or as measured
within two hours of the time, of driving,
operating, or being in physical
control of the commercial motor vehicle is
0.04 or more; or
(7) when the person's body contains any
amount of a controlled substance listed in
schedule I or II, or its metabolite, other
than marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols.
Subd.
2.
Refusal to submit to chemical test crime.
It is a crime for any person to refuse to
submit to a chemical test of the person's
blood, breath, or urine under section
169A.51 (chemical
tests for intoxication), or
169A.52
(test refusal or failure; revocation of
license).
Subd.
3.
Sentence. A person who violates this
section may be sentenced as provided in
section
169A.24 (first-degree driving
while impaired),
169A.25 (second-degree driving
while impaired),
169A.26 (third-degree driving
while impaired), or
169A.27 (fourth-degree driving while impaired).
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