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169A.51.5

Statute ID: 9234

Statute Function ID: 21508

DWI; Chemical tests for intoxication; Breath test using infrared breath-testing instrument.

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Statute Number:

169A.51.5

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2000

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

DWI; Chemical tests for intoxication; Breath test using infrared breath-testing instrument.

Statute ID:

9234

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

DWI; Chemical tests for intoxication; Breath test using infrared breath-testing instrument.

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169A/51.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Sep 1, 2006

(a) In the case of a breath test administered using an infrared or other approved breath-testing instrument, the test must consist of analyses in the following sequence: one adequate breath-sample analysis, one control analysis, and a second, adequate breath-sample analysis.
(b) In the case of a test administered using an infrared or other approved breath-testing instrument, a sample is adequate if the instrument analyzes the sample and does not indicate the sample is deficient.
(c) For purposes of section 169A.52 (revocation of license for test failure or refusal), when a test is administered using an infrared or other approved breath-testing instrument, failure of a person to provide two separate, adequate breath samples in the proper sequence constitutes a refusal. 
(d) For purposes of section 169A.52 (revocation of license for test failure or refusal), when a test is administered using an infrared or other approved breath-testing instrument, a breath test consisting of two separate, adequate breath samples within 0.02 alcohol concentration is acceptable. A breath test consisting of two separate, adequate breath samples failing to meet this criterion is deficient. 
(e) If the first breath test is deficient, as defined by paragraph (d), a second breath test must be administered.
(f) Two deficient breath tests, as defined by paragraph (d), constitute a refusal.