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5-10-105. Negligent homicide.
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5-10-105. Negligent homicide.
(a)(1) A person commits negligent homicide if he or she negligently causes the death of another person, not constituting murder or manslaughter, as a result of operating a vehicle, an aircraft, or a watercraft:
(A) While intoxicated;
(B)(i) If at that time there is an alcohol concentration of eight hundredths (0.08) or more in the person's breath or blood based upon the definition of alcohol concentration in § 5-65-204, as determined by a chemical test of the person's blood, urine, breath, saliva, or other bodily substance.
(ii) The method of the chemical test of the person's blood, urine, saliva, breath, or other bodily substance shall be made in accordance with §§ 5-65-204 and 5-65-206;
(C) While passing a stopped school bus in violation of § 27-51-1004; or
(D) While fatigued.
(2) A person who violates subdivision (a)(1) of this section upon conviction is guilty of a Class B felony.
(b)(1) A person commits negligent homicide if he or she negligently causes the death of another person.
(2) A person who violates subdivision (b)(1) of this section upon conviction is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) “Fatigued” means:
(A) Having been without sleep for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours; or
(B) Having been without sleep for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours and in the state of being asleep; and
(2) “Intoxicated” means influenced or affected by the ingestion of alcohol, a controlled substance, any intoxicant, or any combination of alcohol, a controlled substance, or an intoxicant to such a degree that the operator's reactions, motor skills, and judgment are substantially altered and the operator therefore constitutes a clear and substantial danger of physical i
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-10-105
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5-10-105. Negligent homicide.
(a)(1) A person commits negligent homicide if he or she negligently causes the death of another person, not constituting murder or manslaughter, as a result of operating a vehicle, an aircraft, or a watercraft:
(A) While intoxicated;
(B)(i) If at that time there is an alcohol concentration of eight hundredths (0.08) or more in the person's breath or blood based upon the definition of alcohol concentration in § 5-65-204, as determined by a chemical test of the person's blood, urine, breath, saliva, or other bodily substance.
(ii) The method of the chemical test of the person's blood, urine, saliva, breath, or other bodily substance shall be made in accordance with §§ 5-65-204 and 5-65-206;
(C) While passing a stopped school bus in violation of § 27-51-1004; or
(D) While fatigued.
(2) A person who violates subdivision (a)(1) of this section upon conviction is guilty of a Class B felony.
(b)(1) A person commits negligent homicide if he or she negligently causes the death of another person.
(2) A person who violates subdivision (b)(1) of this section upon conviction is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) “Fatigued” means:
(A) Having been without sleep for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours; or
(B) Having been without sleep for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours and in the state of being asleep; and
(2) “Intoxicated” means influenced or affected by the ingestion of alcohol, a controlled substance, any intoxicant, or any combination of alcohol, a controlled substance, or an intoxicant to such a degree that the operator's reactions, motor skills, and judgment are substantially altered and the operator therefore constitutes a clear and substantial danger of physical injury or death to himself or herself or to another person.
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27-51-1004. Passing when stopped prohibited.
(a) When a school bus stops and displays its alternating red warning lights for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers, every operator of a motor vehicle or motorcycle meeting or overtaking the school bus from any direction shall bring the motor vehicle or motorcycle to a complete stop before reaching the school bus.
(b) The operator of the motor vehicle or motorcycle shall not start up or attempt to pass in any direction until the school bus vehicle has finished receiving or discharging its passengers and is in motion again.
(c) If the operator of a motor vehicle or motorcycle fails to comply with subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section while demonstrating a reckless disregard for the safety of the passengers of the school bus, the operator upon conviction shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-51-1004
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5-65-204. Validity — Approved methods.
(a)(1) As used in this chapter, § 5-10-105, § 5-75-101 et seq., and § 5-76-101 et seq. [repealed], “alcohol concentration” means either:
(A) Grams of alcohol per one hundred milliliters (100 ml) or one hundred cubic centimeters (100 cc) of blood; or
(B) Grams of alcohol per two hundred ten liters (210 l) of breath.
(2) The alcohol concentration of urine, saliva, or other bodily substance is based upon grams of alcohol per one hundred milliliters (100 ml) or one hundred cubic centimeters (100 cc) of blood, the same being percent weight per volume or percent alcohol concentration.
(b)(1)(A) A chemical test made to determine the presence and amount of alcohol in a person's blood, urine, saliva, or breath to be considered valid under this chapter shall be performed according to a method approved by the Department of Health and State Board of Health or by an individual possessing a valid certificate issued by the department for this purpose.
(B) The department may:
(i) Approve satisfactory techniques or methods for the chemical test;
(ii) Ascertain the qualifications and competence of an individual to conduct the chemical test; and
(iii) Issue a certificate that is subject to termination or revocation at the discretion of the department.
(C)(i) An auxiliary law enforcement officer appointed as a reserve law enforcement officer and certified by the department in the operation of an instrument used to determine the alcohol content of the breath may operate an instrument used to determine the alcohol content of the breath under this chapter.
(ii) The department shall promulgate rules to implement subdivision (b)(1)(C)(i) of this section.
(2) However, a method of chemical analysis of a person's blood, urine, saliva,
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-65-204
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-65-204. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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5-65-206. Evidence in prosecution — Presumptions.
(a)(1) It is presumed at the trial of a person who is charged with a violation of § 5-65-103 that the person was not intoxicated if the alcohol concentration of the person's blood, urine, breath, or other bodily substance is four hundredths (0.04) or less by weight as shown by chemical analysis at the time of or within four (4) hours after the alleged offense.
(2) A presumption does not exist if at the time of the alleged offense the person has an alcohol concentration of more than four hundredths (0.04) but less than eight hundredths (0.08) by weight of alcohol in the defendant's blood, urine, breath, or other bodily substance, although this fact may be considered with other competent evidence in determining the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not limit the introduction of other relevant evidence offered to show whether or not the defendant was intoxicated.
(c) The chemical analysis referred to in this section shall be made by a method approved by the State Board of Health.
(d)(1) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a record or report of a certification, rule, evidence analysis, or other document pertaining to work performed by the Office of Alcohol Testing of the Department of Health under the authority of this chapter shall be received as competent evidence as to the matters contained in the record or report in a court of this state, subject to the applicable rules of criminal procedure when duly attested to by the Director of the Office of Alcohol Testing of the Department of Health or his or her assistant, in the form of an original signature or by certification of a copy.
(2) An instrument performing the chemical analysis
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-65-206
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-65-206. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.