{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s343","title_num":"18","num":"§ 343.","heading":"Presumptions","status":null,"guid":"idbbc8fd99-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 99–570, title I, § 1971(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–59; amended Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6473(c), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4379.)","seq_in_title":141,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch17A","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch17A","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 17A—","heading":"COMMON CARRIER OPERATION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id745f118d-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s343\"><num value=\"343\">§ 343.</num><heading> Presumptions</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">For purposes of this chapter—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id745f118e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s343/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> an individual with a blood alcohol content of .10 percent or more shall be presumed to be under the influence of alcohol; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id745f118f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s343/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> an individual shall be presumed to be under the influence of drugs if the quantity of the drug in the system of the individual would be sufficient to impair the perception, mental processes, or motor functions of the average individual.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id745f1190-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/570/tI/s1971/a\">Pub. L. 99–570, title I, § 1971(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1986-10-27\">Oct. 27, 1986</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/100/3207-59\">100 Stat. 3207–59</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/100/690/tVI/s6473/c\">Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6473(c)</ref>, <date date=\"1988-11-18\">Nov. 18, 1988</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/102/4379\">102 Stat. 4379</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id745f1191-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id745f1192-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id745f1193-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1988—Par. (1). <ref href=\"/us/pl/100/690/s6473/c/1\">Pub. L. 100–690, § 6473(c)(1)</ref>, substituted “.10 percent” for “.10” and struck out “conclusively” after “shall be”.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Par. (2). <ref href=\"/us/pl/100/690/s6473/c/2\">Pub. L. 100–690, § 6473(c)(2)</ref>, struck out “conclusively” after “shall be”.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}