As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
INTOXICATED CONDITION
A person is in an "intoxicated condition" when he/she is under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance
or drug, or any combination thereof.
[CC 1979 §75.075; Ord. No. 1442 §1, 8-26-1982]
A person commits the offense of driving while intoxicated if
he/she operates a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated or drugged
condition in the City of Sullivan, Missouri.
[CC 1979 §75.080; Ord. No. 1442 §1, 8-26-1982; Ord. No. 2729 §1, 10-16-2001]
A person commits the crime of driving with excessive blood alcohol
content if he/she operates a motor vehicle in the City of Sullivan,
Missouri, with eight-hundredths of one percent (.08%) or more by weight
of alcohol in his/her blood. 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 and may be shown by chemical analysis
of the person's blood, breath, saliva or urine. For the purpose of
determining the alcoholic content of a person's blood under this Section,
the test shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section
577.020 to 577.041, RSMo.
An arrest without a warrant by a Law Enforcement Officer, including
a uniformed member of the State Highway Patrol, for a violation of
Section 577.010 or 577.012, RSMo., is lawful whenever the arresting
officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested
has violated the Section, whether or not the violation occurred in
the presence of the arresting officer and when such arrest without
warrant is made within one and one-half (1½) hours after such
claimed violation occurred, unless the person to be arrested has left
the scene of an accident or has been removed from the scene to receive
medical treatment, in which case such arrest without warrant may be
made more than one and one-half (1½) hours after such violation
occurred.
[CC 1979 §75.130]
A person commits the offense of transporting an open beer or liquor container if a container of non-intoxicating beer, malt liquor or intoxicating liquor (as those terms are defined in Section
600.010 of this Code) is found to be open (that is available for ready consumption) within a vehicle which that person has under his/her control or in which that person is a passenger.