| SB 0164 | Prohibits open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles |
| Sponsor: | Bland | |||
| LR Number: | 0174S.01I | Fiscal Note: | 0174-01 | |
| Committee: | Transportation | |||
| Last Action: | 01/28/03 - Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee | Journal page: | S143 | |
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| Effective Date: | August 28, 2003 | |||
SB 164 - This act prohibits passengers, as well as drivers, from possessing or consuming an open container of an alcoholic beverage in the passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway or a right-of-way. A person violating this act shall be guilty of an infraction with a penalty not to exceed $25. This act does not apply to passengers in the passenger area of motor vehicle used to transport persons for compensation or to passengers in the living quarters of a house coach, house trailer or recreational motor vehicle. This act shall also not apply to the possession of an open container behind the last upright seat of a motor vehicle that is not equipped with a trunk.
This act is similar to one contained in SB 660 (2002) and SB
291 (2001).
STEPHEN WITTE