Cross Reference: As to reimbursement of certain costs related
to arrest under this chapter, §125.320(A)(10) of this Code.
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.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER or ARRESTING OFFICER
Includes the definition of "Law Enforcement Officer" in Subdivision
(17) of Section 556.061, RSMo., and military Policemen conducting
traffic enforcement operations on a Federal military installation
under military jurisdiction in the State of Missouri.
A person commits the offense of "driving while intoxicated"
if he/she operates a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated or drugged
condition.
A. A person commits the offense of "driving with excessive blood alcohol
content" if such person operates a motor vehicle in this City with
eight-hundredths of one percent (.08%) or more by weight of alcohol
in such person's 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.
A. Consent Implied; Test Administered.
1.
Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways
of this City shall be deemed to have given consent to, subject to
the provisions of Sections 577.019 to 577.041, RSMo., a chemical test
or tests of the person's breath, blood, saliva or urine for the
purpose of determining the alcohol or drug content of the person's
blood pursuant to the following circumstances:
a. If the person is arrested for any offense arising out of acts which
the arresting officer had reasonable grounds to believe were committed
while the person was driving a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated
or drugged condition; or
b. If the person is under the age of twenty-one (21), has been stopped
by a Law Enforcement Officer, and the Law Enforcement Officer has
reasonable grounds to believe that such person was driving a motor
vehicle with a blood alcohol content of two-hundredths of one percent
(.02%) or more by weight; or
c. If the person is under the age of twenty-one (21), has been stopped
by a Law Enforcement Officer, and the Law Enforcement Officer has
reasonable grounds to believe that such person has committed a violation
of the traffic laws of the State or any political subdivision of the
State, and such officer has reasonable grounds to believe, after making
such stop, that such person has a blood alcohol content of two-hundredths
of one percent (.02%) or greater; or
d. If the person is under the age of twenty-one (21), has been stopped
at a sobriety checkpoint or roadblock, and the Law Enforcement Officer
has reasonable grounds to believe that such person has a blood alcohol
content of two-hundredths of one percent (.02%) or greater; or
e. If the person, while operating a motor vehicle, has been involved
in a motor vehicle collision which resulted in a fatality or a readily
apparent serious physical injury as defined in Section 565.002, RSMo.,
and has been arrested as evidenced by the issuance of a uniform traffic
ticket for the violation of any State law or County or municipal ordinance
with the exception of equipment violations contained in Chapter 306,
RSMo., or similar provisions contained in County or municipal ordinances;
or
f. If the person, while operating a motor vehicle, has been involved
in a motor vehicle collision which resulted in a fatality or serious
physical injury as defined in Section 565.002, RSMo.
2.
The test shall be administered at the direction of the Law Enforcement
Officer whenever the person has been arrested or stopped for any reason.
B. The implied consent to submit to the chemical tests listed in Subsection
(A) of this Section shall be limited to not more than two (2) such tests arising from the same arrest, incident or charge.
C. Chemical analysis of the person's breath, blood, saliva or urine
to be considered valid pursuant to the provisions of Sections 577.019
to 577.041, RSMo., shall be performed according to methods approved
by the State Department of Health and Senior Services by licensed
medical personnel or by a person possessing a valid permit issued
by the State Department of Health and Senior Services for this purpose.
D. The person tested may have a physician, or a qualified technician,
chemist, registered nurse or other qualified person at the choosing
and expense of the person to be tested, administer a test in addition
to any administered at the direction of a Law Enforcement Officer.
The failure or inability to obtain an additional test by a person
shall not preclude the admission of evidence relating to the test
taken at the direction of a Law Enforcement Officer.
E. Upon the request of the person who is tested, full information concerning
the test shall be made available to such person.
1.
"Full information" is limited to the following:
a.
The type of test administered and the procedures followed;
b.
The time of the collection of the blood or breath sample or
urine analyzed;
c.
The numerical results of the test indicating the alcohol content
of the blood and breath and urine;
d.
The type and status of any permit which was held by the person
who performed the test;
e.
If the test was administered by means of a breath testing instrument,
the date of performance of the most recent required maintenance of
such instrument.
2.
"Full information" does not include manuals, schematics or software
of the instrument used to test the person or any other material that
is not in the actual possession of the State. Additionally, "full
information" does not include information in the possession of the
manufacturer of the test instrument.
F. Any person given a chemical test of the person's breath pursuant to Subsection
(A) of this Section or a field sobriety test may be videotaped during any such test at the direction of the Law Enforcement Officer. Any such video recording made during the chemical test pursuant to this Subsection or a field sobriety test shall be admissible as evidence for a violation of any municipal ordinance or any license revocation or suspension proceeding pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 302, RSMo.
A. No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage while operating a
moving motor vehicle upon the highways.
B. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this Section
is guilty of an ordinance violation.
C. Any ordinance violation under this Section shall not reflect on any
records with the Department of Revenue.
[R.O. 2014 §342.050; Ord. No. 542 §§1 — 8, 10-13-1988]
A. No
person shall knowingly transport in any vehicle operating upon a public
highway, street, or alley within the City of Marshfield, any alcoholic
beverage except in the original container which shall not have been
opened, and the seal upon which shall not have been broken, and from
which the original cap or cork shall not have been removed, unless
the opened container be in the locked glove compartment, or be in
the rear trunk or rear compartment, which shall include the spare
tire compartment or any outside compartment which is not accessible
to the driver or any other person in such vehicle while it is in motion.
In the case of a pickup truck, station wagon, hatchback, or other
similar vehicle, the area behind the last upright seat shall not be
considered accessible to the driver or any other person.
B. No
driver of a motor vehicle shall allow any alcoholic beverage to be
consumed while in a moving motor vehicle, as defined by this Section,
nor shall any person consume any alcoholic beverage while in a moving
motor vehicle in the City of Marshfield.
C. Nothing
in this Section shall be construed as to prohibit the otherwise legal
consumption of alcoholic beverages by passengers on a privately or
publicly owned transit authority that has been chartered and is not
being utilized for conveyance of the general public where the operation
and control of such conveyance is by a person not in possession of
or with ready access to such alcoholic beverage.
D. This
Section shall not apply to the living quarters of a recreational motor
vehicle as defined by this Section.
E. It
shall be unlawful for any person to be in possession of an alcoholic
beverage in any open container when upon or in a public highway, street,
alley, public park, public square or parking area open for use by
the general public.
F. This
City shall initiate and develop a program of public information to
provide an understanding of, and to insure compliance with the provisions
of this Section.
G. As
used within this Section, the following words shall have the following
meanings:
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
Alcohol for beverage purposes, alcoholic, spirituous, vinous,
fermented, malt, or other liquors, or combination of liquors, a part
of which is spirituous, vinous or fermented and to also include any
beer, either intoxicating or non-intoxicating as defined in the Missouri
Statutes, manufactured from pure hops or pure extract of hops, and
pure barley malt or other wholesome grains or cereals and wholesome
yeast and pure water, and free from all harmful substances, preservatives
and adulterants, and having any alcoholic content by weight or volume.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any mechanical device on wheels, designed primarily for use
on highways, except motorized bicycles and vehicles propelled or drawn
by human power, or vehicles used exclusively on fixed rails or tracks.
RECREATIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle designed, constructed or substantially
modified so that it may be used and is used for the purpose of temporary
housing quarters, including therein sleeping and eating facilities
which are either permanently attached to the motor vehicle or attached
to a unit which is securely attached to the motor vehicle. Nothing
herein shall prevent any motor vehicle being registered as a commercial
motor vehicle if the motor vehicle could otherwise be so registered.