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Article - Transportation

Section 21-902                                         

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Transportation

Section 27-101(a), (c)(22), (23), and (24), (f), (j), and (k)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 10-307
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 388A

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

21-902.

(a)     (1) A person may not drive or attempt to drive any vehicle while intoxicated.

(2) A PERSON MAY NOT DRIVE OR ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ANY VEHICLE
WHILE THE PERSON HAS AN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION OF 0.10 OR MORE AS
MEASURED BY GRAMS OF ALCOHOL PER 100 MILLILITERS OF BLOOD OR GRAMS OF
ALCOHOL PER 210 LITERS OF BREATH AS DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF TESTING.

(b)     A person may not drive or attempt to drive any vehicle while under the
influence of alcohol.

(c)     (1) A person may not drive or attempt to drive any vehicle while he is so far
under the influence of any drug, any combination of drugs, or a combination of one or
more drugs and alcohol that he cannot drive a vehicle safely.

(2) It is not a defense to any charge of violating this subsection that the
person charged is or was entitled under the laws of this State to use the drug, combination
of drugs, or combination of one or more drugs and alcohol, unless the person was
unaware that the drug or combination would make him incapable of safely driving a
vehicle.

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