[R.O. 2007 § 342.030]
As used in this Chapter, the following
terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
INTOXICATION-RELATED TRAFFIC OFFENSE
Driving while intoxicated, driving with excessive blood alcohol
content, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in violation
of a State law, County or Municipal ordinance, any Federal offense,
or any military offense, or an offense in which the defendant was
operating a vehicle while intoxicated and another person was injured
or killed in violation of any State law, County or Municipal ordinance,
any Federal offense, or any military offense.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER or ARRESTING OFFICER
Includes the definition of "Law Enforcement Officer" in Section
556.061, RSMo., and military Policemen conducting traffic enforcement
operations on a Federal military installation under military jurisdiction
in the State of Missouri.
[R.O. 2007 § 342.020; CC 1979 § 16-64; Ord. No. 772 § 2(1), 1-13-1983]
A person commits the offense of driving
while intoxicated if he or she operates a vehicle while in an intoxicated
condition.
[R.O. 2007 §§ 342.020, 342.040;
CC 1979 § 16-64; Ord. No. 772 § 2(2)
and (4), 1-13-1983; Ord.
No. 3744 § 1, 11-21-2002]
A. A person commits the offense of driving
with excessive blood alcohol content if such person operates:
1.
A vehicle while having eight-hundredths
of one percent (0.08%) or more by weight of alcohol in his or her
blood; or
2.
A commercial motor vehicle while
having four-hundredths of one percent (0.04%) or more by weight of
alcohol in his or her blood.
B. As used in this Section, "percent by weight
of alcohol" in the blood shall be based upon grams of alcohol per
one hundred (100) milliliters of blood or two hundred ten (210) liters
of breath and may be shown by chemical analysis of the person's blood,
breath, saliva or urine. For the purposes of determining the alcoholic
content of a person's blood under this Section, the test shall be
conducted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 577.020 to
577.041, RSMo.