The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
013
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DRUNKEN DRIVING
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1219)
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§ 1219. Commercial motor vehicle; detectable amount; out-of-service
A person who is operating, attempting to operate, or in actual physical control of
a commercial motor vehicle with any measurable or detectable amount of alcohol in
his or her system shall immediately be placed out-of-service for 24 hours by an enforcement
officer. A law enforcement officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person
has a measurable or detectable amount of alcohol in his or her system on the basis
of the person’s general appearance, conduct, or other substantiating evidence may
request the person to submit to a test, which may be administered with a preliminary
screening device. The law enforcement officer shall inform the person at the time
the test is requested that refusal to submit will result in disqualification. If
the person refuses to submit to the test, the person shall immediately be placed out-of-service
for 24 hours and shall be disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle as
provided in section 4116 of this title. (Added 1991, No. 88, § 14.)