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

Connecticut Statutes

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

Connecticut § 53a-213

Title 53aPenal Code

Ch. 952Penal Code: Offenses

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-213 (2026).

Text

(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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(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.

Legislative History

(P.A. 79-368; P.A. 14-122, S. 192; P.A. 21-28, S. 12.) History: P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 21-28 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Sec. 14-307a and making a technical change.