BTS | Table 2-7: Impaired Driving Laws: 2000

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Table 2-7: Impaired Driving Laws: 2000

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State	Administrative per se (BAC level)	Illegal per se (BAC level)	Lower BAC for youthful DWI offenders (BAC level and age)	License sanction (Mandatory minimum for a DWI conviction)
State	Administrative per se (BAC level)	Illegal per se (BAC level)	Lower BAC for youthful DWI offenders (BAC level and age)	First offense	Second offense	Third offense
Alabama	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-90 days	R-1 yr	R-3 yrs
Alaska	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.00 (<21)	R-30 days	R-1 yr	R-10 yrs
Arizona	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.00 (<21)	S-90 days	R-1 yr	R-3 yrs
Arkansas	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	Nms	Nms
California	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.01 (<21)	Nms	Nms	R-18 mos
Colorado	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	R-1 yr	R-1 yr
Connecticut	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	Nms	Nms
Delaware	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	R-6 mos	R-6 mos
District of Columbia	Y-0.05	0.08	Y-0.00 (<21)	R-6 mos	R-1 yr	R-2 yrs
Florida	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	R-12 mos	R-24 mos
Georgia	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	S-120 days	R-5 yrs
Hawaii	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-30 days	S-1 yr	R-1 yr
Idaho	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-30 days	S-1 yr	S-1 yr
Illinois	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	Nms	Nms
Indiana	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-30 days	S-1 yr	S-1 yr
Iowa	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	R-30 days	R-1 yr	R-1 yr
Kansas	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-30 days	S-1 yr	S-1 yr
Kentucky	A	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-30 days	R-12 mos	R-24 mos
Louisiana	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	Nms	Nms
Maine	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.00 (<21)	S-60 days	S-18 mos	S-4 yrs
Maryland	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	Nms	Nms
Massachusetts	Y-0.08	N	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-45 days	R-6 mos	R-2 yrs
Michigan	N	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	R-1 yr	S-5 yrs
Minnesota	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.00 (<21)	R-15 days	R-90 days	R-90 days
Mississippi	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-30 days	S-1 yr	S-3 yrs
Missouri	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-30 days	R-2 yrs	R-3 yrs
Montana	N	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	R-3 mos	R-3 mos
Nebraska	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	R-60 days	R-1 yr	R-1 yr
Nevada	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	R-45 days	R-1 yr	R-1.5 yrs
New Hampshire	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	R-90 days	R-3 yrs	R-3 yrs
New Jersey	N	0.10	Y-0.01 (<21)	R-6 mos	R-2 yrs	R-10 yrs
New Mexico	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	R-30 days	R-30 days
New York	A	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	R-I yr	R-1 yr
North Carolina	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.00 (<21)	Nms	R-2 yrs	R-3 yrs
North Dakota	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-30 days	S-365 days	S-2 yrs
Ohio	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-15 days	S-30 days	S-180 days
Oklahoma	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.00 (<21)	Nms	R-1 yr	R-1 yr
Oregon	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.00 (<21)	Nms	S-90 days	S-1 yr
Pennsylvania	N	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-1 mo	S-12 mos	S-12 mos
Rhode Island	N	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-3 mos	S-1 yr	S-2 yrs
South Carolina	Y-0.15	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	S-1 yr	S-4 yrs
South Dakota	N	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	R-1 yr	R-1 yr
Tennessee	N	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	R-2 yrs	R-3 yrs
Texas	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.00 (<21)	Nms	Nms	Nms
Utah	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.00 (<21)	S-90 days	R-1 yrs	R-1 yrs
Vermont	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-90 days	S-18 mos	R-2 yrs
Virginia	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	R-1 yr	R-3 yrs
Washington	Y-0.08	0.08	Y-0.02 (<21)	S-30 days	R-1 yr	R-2 yrs
West Virginia	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	R-30 days	R-1 yr	R-1 yr
Wisconsin	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	R-60 days	R-90 days
Wyoming	Y-0.10	0.10	Y-0.02 (<21)	Nms	S-1 yr	R-3 yrs

KEY: BAC = blood alcohol content; DWI = driving while intoxicated; Y = yes; N = no; A = alternative; S = suspension; R = revocation; Nms = no mandatory sanction.

NOTES: An "administrative per se law" allows a state's driver licensing agency to either suspend or revoke a driver's license based on a specific alcohol (or drug) concentration or on some other criterion related to alcohol or drug use and driving. Such action is independent of any licensing action related to a DWI criminal offense. The term "illegal per se" refers to state laws that make it a criminal offense to operate a motor vehicle at or above a specified alcohol (or drug) concentration in the blood, breath, or urine. In those columns showing mandatory sanctions, "nms" does not mean that a state does not have a sanction. It only means that the state does not have a mandatory sanction for that offense or violation.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2000.pdf as of Jan. 4, 2002.