HB0049 - Motor vehicles-open container law.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0088.E1 ENGROSSED

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0049

 

 

Motor vehicles-open container law.

 

Sponsored by:  Representative(s) Johnson, W., McOmie,
Nelson, Parady and Roberts

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; prohibiting consumption
 2  or possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles as
 3  specified; providing a definition; providing a penalty; and
 4  providing for an effective date.

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 6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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 8         Section 1.  W.S. 31-5-235 is created to read:

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10         31-5-235.  Consumption and possession of alcoholic
11  beverages in opened containers by operator of vehicle
12  prohibited; definitions; penalty.

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14         (a)  As used in this section, "alcoholic beverage"
15  means alcoholic liquor or malt beverage as defined in W.S.
16  12-1-101(a)(i), (vii) and (x).

 

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 2         (b)  No person shall consume or possess any alcoholic
 3  beverage while operating a motor vehicle on a public street
 4  or public highway unless the beverage is in the original
 5  unopened package or container, the seal of which has not
 6  been broken and from which the original cap, cork or other
 7  means of closure has not been removed.

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 9         (c)  Any person violating the provisions of this
10  section shall:

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12              (i)  For a first conviction or a subsequent
13  conviction not occurring within one (1) year after the
14  first conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than
15  two hundred dollars ($200.00);

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17              (ii)  For a second conviction within one (1) year
18  after the first conviction, be punished by a fine of not
19  more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or by
20  imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both;

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22              (iii)  For a third or subsequent conviction
23  within one (1) year after the first conviction, be punished
24  by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)

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 1  or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or
 2  both.

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 4         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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 6                         (END)

 

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