A person commits the offense of "driving while intoxicated" if he/she operates a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated or drugged
condition. No person convicted of or pleading guilty to the offense
of driving while intoxicated shall be granted a suspended imposition
of sentence for such offense, unless such person shall be placed on
probation for a minimum of two (2) years.
[Ord. No. 2001-5, 9-10-2001]
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.
[Ord. No. 2001-5, 9-10-2001]
Upon the trial of any action or violation of this Chapter or
of any action alleged to have been committed by any person driving
a motor vehicle while intoxicated, the amount of alcohol in the person's
blood at the time of the act alleged as shown by chemical analysis
of the person's breath is admissible in evidence; and if there was
eight-hundredths of one percent (.08%) or more of alcohol in the person's
blood this shall be prima facie evidence that the person was intoxicated
at the time the specimen was taken.
[CC 1984 §75.090]
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.