(a) A person is guilty of drinking while operating a motor vehicle when such person drinks any alcoholic liquor while operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway of this state or upon any road of any specially chartered municipal association or of any district organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, or in any parking area for ten cars or more, or upon any private road on which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of section 14-218a or 14-307a or upon any school property. As used in this section, 'alcoholic liquor' has the same meaning as provided in section 30-1.(b) Drinking while operating a motor vehicle is a class C misdemeanor.(P.A. 79-368; P.A. 14-122, S. 192; P.A. 21-28, S. 12.)History: P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 21-28 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Sec. 14-307a and making a technical change.
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 53a-213
Connecticut Title 53a — Connecticut law
Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-213· Version 2026