N.D. Cent. Code § 20.1-13.1-05

Current through 2024 Legislative Session
Section 20.1-13.1-05 - Action following chemical test result for a motorboat or vessel operator

If a person submits to a chemical test under section 20.1-13.1-01, 20.1-13.1-03, or 20.1-13.1-04 and the test shows that person to have an alcohol, other drug, or a combination thereof concentration of at least ten one-hundredths of one percent by weight at the time of the performance of the test within two hours after the operating of a motorboat or vessel, the following procedures apply:

1. The game warden or law enforcement officer shall immediately issue a statement of intent to prohibit the person from operating a motorboat or vessel. The issuance of a statement of intent to prohibit the person from operating a motorboat or vessel serves as the director's official notification to the person of the director's intent to prohibit the person from operating a motorboat or vessel in this state.
2. If a chemical test administered under section 20.1-13.1-01 or 20.1-13.1-04 was by urine sample or by drawing blood as provided in section 20.1-13.1-03 and the individual tested does not reside in an area in which the game warden or law enforcement officer has jurisdiction, the game warden or law enforcement officer shall, on receiving the analysis of the urine or blood from the director of the state crime laboratory or the director's designee and if the analysis shows that individual had an alcohol, other drug, or a combination thereof concentration of at least ten one-hundredths of one percent by weight, either proceed in accordance with subsection 1 during that individual's reappearance within the game warden's or officer's jurisdiction or notify a game warden or law enforcement agency having jurisdiction where the individual resides. On that notification, that game warden or law enforcement agency shall immediately issue a statement of intent to prohibit the individual from operating a motorboat or vessel. The issuance of a statement of intent to prohibit the individual from operating a motorboat or vessel serves as the director's official notification to the individual of the director's intent to prohibit the individual from operating a motorboat or vessel in this state.
3. The game warden or law enforcement officer, within five days of issuing the statement of intent, shall forward to the director a certified written report in the form required by the director. If the statement was given because of the results of a chemical test, the report must show that the game warden or officer had probable cause to believe the individual had been operating a motorboat or vessel while in violation of section 20.1-13-07, that the individual was lawfully arrested, that the individual was chemically tested under this chapter, and that the results of the test show that the individual had an alcohol, other drug, or a combination thereof concentration of at least ten one-hundredths of one percent by weight. In addition to the report, the game warden or law enforcement officer shall forward to the director a certified copy of the operational checklist and test records of a breath test and a copy of the certified copy of the analytical report for a blood or urine test for all tests administered at the direction of the game warden or officer.

N.D.C.C. § 20.1-13.1-05

Amended by S.L. 2011 , ch. 288( SB 2113 ), § 3, eff. 8/1/2011.