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ORDINANCE NO. 1150
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18.702 OF
THE MOUNT PROSPECT MUNICIPAL CODE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS:
SECTION ONE: Section 18.702 of the Municipal Code of Mount Prospect of
1957, as amended, is hereby further amended, so that the said Section
18.702 shall thereafter be and read as follows:
Section 18.702 PERSONS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR
NARCOTIC 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 ar~s~ng out of
acts alleged to have been committed by any person while driving
or in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the in-
fluence of intoxicating liquor, evidence of the amount of alco-
hol 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 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. If there was in excess of 0.05 per cent but less than 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;
3. If there was 0.15 per cent or 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 introduction 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 than One Hundred Dollars ($100)
nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500).
SECTION TWO: All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
SECTION THREE: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law.
Published in the Mount Prospect Herald April 28, 1966.
AYES: 5
NAYS: 0
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