HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 433 - 6/28/1966 - INTOXICATING LIQUOR/NARCOTIC/DRUGSORDINANCE NO. 433
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14.701 OF
THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
MUNICIPAL CODE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: Section 14.701 of the Municipal Code
of the Village of Elk Grove Village is hereby further
amended, so that the said Section 14.701 shall thereafter
read as follows:
"Section 14.701. Persons under the influence of
intoxicating liquor, narcotic drugs or other drugs.
(a) It is unlawful and punishable as provided in
subdivision (c) of this section for any person
who is a habitual user of narcotic drugs or any
person who is under the influence of intoxicating
liquor or narcotic drugs or other drugs such as
antihistamines, tranquilizers, ephedrine compounds
or soporific medications which would impair the
driver's ability, to operate, or attempt to
operate, any vehicle within this village.
(b) Upon the trial of any action or proceeding
arising out of acts alleged to have been committed
by any person while driving or in actual physical
control of a vehicle while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor, evidence of the amount of
alcohol in the person's blood at the time of the
act alleged as shown by a chemical analysis of his
breath, blood, urine, saliva or other bodily
substance is admissible, and the result of any
such analysis shall give rise to the following
presumptions:
1. If there was 0.05 per cent or less by weight
of alcohol in the person's blood, it shall be
presumed that such person was not under the
influence of intoxicating liquor.
2. I£ there was in excess of 0.05 per cent but
less that 0.15 per cent by weight of alcohol in
the person's blood, such fact shall not give rise
to any presumption that the person was or was not
under the influence of intoxicating liquor, but
such fact may be considered with other competent
evidence in determining whether such person was
under the influence of intoxicating liquor;
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3. If there was 0.15 per cent of more by
weight of alcohol in the person's blood, it
shall be presumed that such person was under
the influence of intoxicating liquor.
4. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph
(b) shall not be construed as limiting the intro-
duction of any other competent evidence bearing
upon the question whether or not the defendant
was under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
(c) Every person who is convicted of a violation
of this section shall be fined not less that One
Hundred Dollars ($100) nor more that Five Hundred
Dollars ($500).
Section 2: All ordinances, or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 3: This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage, approval and publi-
cation in the manner provided by law.
PASSED and APPROVED this 28th day of June, 1966.
Jack D. Pahl
President
ATTEST:
Eleanor G. Turner
Village Clerk
PUBISSHED this 7th day of July, 1966 in the Elk Grove Herald
and DuPage County Register.
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