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Show AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VERNAL VER-NAL CITY TRAFFIC CODE ORDINANCE, NO. 81-20 Ordinance No. 83-15 Be it ordained by the City Council of Vernal City, Ci-ty, Utah: That the Vernal City traffic code, as adopted May 20, 1981, is hereby amended to include the following: Section 1. It is unlawful and punishable as provided pro-vided in this section for any person with a blood alcohol content of .08 or greater by weight, or who is under the influence in-fluence of alcohol or any drug or the combined influence in-fluence of alcohol and any drug to a degree which renders the person incapable of safely driving driv-ing a vehicle, to drive or be in actual physical control con-trol of a vehicle within Vernal City. The fact that a person charged with violating this section sec-tion is or has been legally legal-ly intitled to use alcohol or a drug does not constitute con-stitute a defense against any charge of violating this section. Percent by weight of alcohol in the blood shall be based upon grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters cen-timeters of blood. Section 2. All proceedings pro-ceedings for violations of this section shall be in accordance ac-cordance with all applicable ap-plicable procedures. Implied Im-plied consents, evidentiary eviden-tiary presumptions, standards, stan-dards, rules of evidence, use of chemical tests or tests, and punishments that apply to violations of title 41, chapter 6, section 44 of the Utah Code Annotated An-notated as amended and effective on August 1, 1983. The said procedures, pro-cedures, implied consents, con-sents, evidentiary presumptions, standards, stan-dards, rules of evidence, use of chemical tests or tests, and punishments include, but are not limited to, those provided provid-ed in the following sections sec-tions of the Utah Code as amended and effective on August 1, 1983, as they relate to the offense described in subsection (1) above: 41-2-19.5, 41-2-19.6, 41-6-44, 41-6-44.3, 41-6-44.5, 41-6-44.10 and 6313-10. The above provisions provi-sions of the Utah Code and all other procedures, implied consents, evidentiary eviden-tiary presumptions, standards, stan-dards, rules of evidence, use of chemical tests or tests, and punishments are hereby adopted as Vernal City Ordinances. Section 3. Repealer. All former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance or-dinance or of the code hereby adopted are hereby repealed. Section 4. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance or-dinance shall be severable; and if any provision thereof, or the application of such provision provi-sion under any circumstances cir-cumstances is held invalid, in-valid, it shall not affect any other provision of this ordinance or the application ap-plication in different circumstances. Section 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect on the 1st day of August, 1983. Passed, adopted, and ordered published by the City Council of Vernal, Utah, this 20th day of July, Ju-ly, 1983. SAMUEL SNYDER, . Mayor Peggy Kapanui Deputy Recorder Published in the Vernal Express July 22, 1983. |