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  "citation": "R.S. 29:211",
  "heading": "Article 111. Drunken or reckless driving",
  "text": "Any person subject to this code who operates any motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance when:\n\n(1) The operator is under the influence of alcoholic beverages; or\n\n(2) The operator's blood alcohol concentration is 0.08 percent or more by weight based on grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood; or\n\n(3) The operator is under the influence of any controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V as set forth in R.S. 40:964 shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.",
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      "name": "MILITARY, NAVAL, AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS"
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      "name": "MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE"
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      "number": "II",
      "name": "LOUISIANA CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
    },
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      "number": "J",
      "name": "PUNITIVE ARTICLES"
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 29 › Chapter 1 › Part II › Subpart J",
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      "act_year": 1974,
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      "act_year": 1988,
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      "effective_date": "2003-09-30",
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1974, No. 621, §1; Acts 1988, No. 150, §1, eff. June 27, 1988; Acts 2001, No. 781, §3, eff. Sept. 30, 2003. NOTE: Section 6 of Acts 2001, No. 781, which amends R.S. 29:211(2), provides that the provisions of the Act shall become null and of no effect if and when Section 351 of P.L. 106-346 regarding the withholding of federal highway funds for failure to enact a 0.08 percent blood alcohol level is repealed or invalidated for any reason.",
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