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Code · Connecticut · Title 53a — Penal Code · CHAPTER 952* — Penal Code: Offenses

Sec. 53a-213. Drinking while operating a motor vehicle: Class C misdemeanor.

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(a)A person is guilty of drinking while operating a motor vehicle when such person drinks any alcoholic liquor while operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway of this state or upon any road of any specially chartered municipal association or of any district organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, or in any parking area for ten cars or more, or upon any private road on which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of section 14-218a or 14-307a or upon any school property. As used in this section, “alcoholic liquor” has the same meaning as provided in section 30-1 .
(b)Drinking while operating a motor vehicle is a class C misdemeanor.
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