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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-227g

Operation by person under twenty-one years of age while blood alcohol content exceeds two-hundredths of one per cent. Procedures. Penalties

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Bishop III IV v. National Health Insurance Company (2003)

Most recently applied in Bishop III IV v. National Health Insurance Company (September 2003)

(P.A. 95-314, S. 2; P.A. 96-180, S. 135, 166; P.A. 99-255, S. 5; May 9 Sp

(a) No person who is less than twenty-one years of age shall operate a motor vehicle while the ratio of alcohol in the blood of such person is two-hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by weight.

(b) The fact that the operator of a motor vehicle appears to be sixteen years of age or over but under twenty-one years of age shall not constitute a reasonable and articulable suspicion that an offense has been or is being committed so as to justify an investigatory stop of such motor vehicle by a police officer.

(c) The provisions of subsections (b), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) of section 14-227a , adapted accordingly, shall be applicable to a violation of subsection (a) of this section.

Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.