2000 Minnesota Statutes

     169A.20 Driving while impaired. 

    Subdivision 1.    Driving while impaired crime.  It is a 
 crime for any person to drive, operate, or be in physical 
 control of any motor vehicle within this state or on any 
 boundary water of this state: 

    (1) when the person is under the influence of alcohol; 

    (2) when the person is under the influence of a controlled 
 substance; 

    (3) when the person is knowingly under the influence of a 
 hazardous substance that affects the nervous system, brain, or 
 muscles of the person so as to substantially impair the person's 
 ability to drive or operate the motor vehicle; 

    (4) when the person is under the influence of a combination 
 of any two or more of the elements named in clauses (1), (2), 
 and (3); 

    (5) when the person's alcohol concentration at the time, or 
 as measured within two hours of the time, of driving, operating, 
 or being in physical control of the motor vehicle is 0.10 or 
 more; 

    (6) when the vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle and the 
 person's alcohol concentration at the time, or as measured 
 within two hours of the time, of driving, operating, or being in 
 physical control of the commercial motor vehicle is 0.04 or 
 more; or 

    (7) when the person's body contains any amount of a 
 controlled substance listed in schedule I or II other than 
 marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols. 

    Subd. 2.    Refusal to submit to chemical test crime.  
 It is a crime for any person to refuse to submit to a chemical 
 test of the person's blood, breath, or urine under section 
 169A.52 (test refusal or failure; revocation of license). 

    Subd. 3.    Sentence.  A person who violates this 
 section may be sentenced as provided in section 169A.25 
 (first-degree driving while impaired), 169A.26 (second-degree 
 driving while impaired), or 169A.27 (third-degree driving while 
 impaired). 

    HIST: 2000 c 478 art 1 s 7