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Connecticut Regulations

Department of Motor Vehicles:

  • Driving Under the Influence (DUI) in Connecticut

  • Connecticut's Ignition Interlock Device (IID) Program

Judicial Branch Statistics:

  • Operating Under the Influence (OUI) cases

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

  • Drugged Driving and Compelled Testing - 2022-R-0272

  • Drug-Impaired Driving Laws - 2022-R-0249

  • Connecticut DUI Law - 2016-R-0147

  • Driving Under the Influence and Hit and Run Laws - 2013-R-0235

  • DUI Urine Tests for Marijuana - 2013-R-0134

  • State Ignition Interlock Laws - 2012-R-0095

  • DUI Laws In Connecticut And New York - 2008-R-0506

  • Open Alcohol Containers in Motor Vehicles - 2005-R-0152

Useful Websites

  • 211 Infoline - Pretrial Alcohol Education Program (PAEP) and Drug (PDEP)

 

Selected Regulations:

  • Sec. 14-217-1 - Taking Possession of Operators' Licenses by Certain State and Local Authorities

  • Sec. 14-227a-1b to 14-227a-10b - Forensic Chemical Testing of Blood, Breath or Urine (Motor Vehicle)

  • Sec. 14-227b-1 to 14-227b-29a - 404 Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License

Connecticut General Statutes

 

Selected Statutes:

 

Chapter 246. Motor Vehicles

  • Sec. 14-37a . Special operator's permit for purposes of employment, education or medically necessary treatment.

Chapter 248. Vehicle Highway Use

  • Sec. 14-227a . Operation while under the influence of liquor or drug or while having an elevated blood alcohol content.

  • Sec. 14-227b . Implied consent to test operator's blood, breath or urine and to nontestimonial portion of drug influence evaluation. Testing procedures. License suspension. Hearing.

  • Sec. 14-227e . Community service for persons convicted of operation while under the influence of liquor or drug.

  • Sec. 14-227g . Operation by person under twenty-one years of age while blood alcohol content exceeds two-hundredths of one per cent. Procedures. Penalties.

  • Sec. 14-227h . Impoundment of motor vehicle operated by certain persons arrested for operating while under the influence of liquor or drug.

Chapter 952. Penal Code: Offenses

  • Sec. 53a-40f . Persistent operating while under the influence felony offender. Authorized sentences.

  • Sec. 53a-56b . Manslaughter in the second degree with a motor vehicle: Class C felony.

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