Judges: WRITTEN BY: Don Stenberg, Attorney General Paul N. Potadle, Assistant Attorney General
Filed Date: 3/25/1993
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/5/2016
REQUESTED BY: Michael J. Owens Hamilton County Attorney Yes. A person who is a non-resident of this state, and subject to revocation, shall have his or her license taken by the arresting officer to be forwarded to the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles (hereinafter the "Department"). Yes. A person with a CDL, and subject to revocation, shall have his or her license taken by the arresting officer to be forwarded to the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles.
The ALR law in Nebraska provides that the arresting officer shall forward the operator's license to the Department. Neb.Rev.Stat. §
Neb.Rev.Stat. §
any person who operates or is in the actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while having any alcoholic liquor in his or her body or who refuses to submit to a test to determine the alcoholic content of his or her blood, breath, or urine shall be placed out of service for twenty-four hours . . . and shall be subject to prosecution for any violation of §
39-669.07 and39-669.08 .
Neb.Rev.Stat. §
any person who refuses to submit to such test or test required pursuant to this section shall be subject to the administrative license revocation procedures in §
39-669.15 through39-669.18 . . . .
As previously discussed, §
A conflict within the statutes presents an argument that a CDL license may not be impounded by the arresting officer. A Commercial Motor Vehicle is defined under Neb.Rev.Stat. §
The Nebraska Supreme Court has held that: "it is the duty of the court, as far as practicable, to give effect to the language of a statute and to reconcile the different provisions of it so they are consistent, harmonious, and sensible." State v. Black, 195 Neb. 367 [
The Nebraska CDL laws were passed by the Unicameral in 1989 with an effective date of January 1, 1990. The Nebraska ALR law was passed by the Unicameral in 1992 with an effective date of January 1, 1993. Therefore, the ALR provision would control and the CDL would be impounded by the arresting officer and sent to the Department.
Sincerely yours,
DON STENBERG Attorney General
Paul N. Potadle Assistant Attorney General 46-1002-3.1
Approved By: ____________________________ Attorney General