2004 Minnesota Statutes

     169A.25 Second-degree driving while impaired. 

    Subdivision 1.    Degree described.  (a) A person who 
 violates section 169A.20, subdivision 1 (driving while impaired 
 crime), is guilty of second-degree driving while impaired if two 
 or more aggravating factors were present when the violation was 
 committed.  

    (b) A person who violates section 169A.20, subdivision 2 
 (refusal to submit to chemical test crime), is guilty of 
 second-degree driving while impaired if one aggravating factor 
 was present when the violation was committed. 

    Subd. 2.    Criminal penalty.  Second-degree driving 
 while impaired is a gross misdemeanor.  The mandatory penalties 
 described in section 169A.275 and the long-term monitoring 
 described in section 169A.277 may be applicable. 

    HIST: 2000 c 478 art 1 s 8; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 11 s 4; 1Sp2001 c 
 9 art 19 s 5; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 9 s 4