169A.70 ALCOHOL SAFETY PROGRAMS; CHEMICAL USE ASSESSMENTS. Subdivision 1. Alcohol safety programs; establishment. (a) The county board of every county shall establish an alcohol safety program designed to provide chemical use assessments of persons convicted of an offense enumerated in subdivision 2. (b) County boards may enter into an agreement to establish a regional alcohol […]
169A.71 RESEARCH PROGRAMS. No person is guilty of a violation of section 169A.20 (driving while impaired) committed while participating in a research or demonstration project conducted by the Minnesota Highway Safety Center. This section applies only to conduct occurring while operating a state-owned vehicle under the supervision of personnel of the center on the grounds […]
169A.72 DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. Driver training courses offered through the public schools and driver training courses offered by private or commercial schools or institutes shall include instruction which must encompass at least: (1) information on the effects of consumption of beverage alcohol products and the use of illegal drugs, prescription drugs, and nonprescription drugs on […]
169A.73 REMOTE ELECTRONIC ALCOHOL-MONITORING PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “breath analyzer unit” means a device that performs breath alcohol testing and is connected to a remote electronic alcohol-monitoring system; and (2) “remote electronic alcohol-monitoring system” means a system that electronically monitors the alcohol concentration of individuals in their homes or […]
169A.74 PILOT PROGRAMS OF INTENSIVE PROBATION. Subdivision 1. Grant application. The commissioners of corrections and public safety, in cooperation with the commissioner of human services, shall jointly administer a program to provide grants to counties to establish and operate programs of intensive probation for repeat violators of the driving while impaired laws. The commissioners shall […]
169A.75 IMPAIRED DRIVING-RELATED RULES. (a) The commissioner may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The rules may include the format for notice of intention to revoke that describe clearly the right to a hearing, the procedure for requesting a hearing, and the consequences of failure to request a hearing; the format […]
169A.76 CIVIL ACTION; PUNITIVE DAMAGES. (a) In a civil action involving a motor vehicle accident, it is sufficient for the trier of fact to consider an award of punitive damages if there is evidence that the accident was caused by a driver: (1) with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more; (2) who was under […]
169A.78 AIDING AND ABETTING. Every person who commits or attempts to commit, conspires to commit, or aids or abets in the commission of any act declared in this chapter to be an offense, whether individually or in connection with one or more other persons or as principal, agent, or accessory, is guilty of that offense, […]
