CITE
18 USC Sec. 343 01/05/2009
EXPCITE
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 17A - COMMON CARRIER OPERATION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
HEAD
Sec. 343. Presumptions
STATUTE
For purposes of this chapter -
(1) an individual with a blood alcohol content of .10 percent
or more shall be presumed to be under the influence of alcohol;
and
(2) an individual shall be presumed to be under the influence
of drugs if the quantity of the drug in the system of the
individual would be sufficient to impair the perception, mental
processes, or motor functions of the average individual.
SOURCE
(Added Pub. L. 99-570, title I, Sec. 1971(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100
Stat. 3207-59; amended Pub. L. 100-690, title VI, Sec. 6473(c),
Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4379.)
AMENDMENTS
1988 - Par. (1). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 6473(c)(1), substituted
".10 percent" for ".10" and struck out "conclusively" after "shall
be".
Par. (2). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 6473(c)(2), struck out
"conclusively" after "shall be".