State, Department of Highways v. Halvorson

Peterson, Justice.

The state appeals from an order of the Hennepin County Municipal Court rescinding an order of the commissioner of high ways which directed revocation of defendant’s driver’s license.

These proceedings arise out of the so-called implied-consent law, L. 1961, c. 454, coded as Minn. St. 169.123, which is part of the Highway Traffic Regulation Act. Its remedial purpose is to promote traffic safety. Its purpose is to be achieved, as expressed in the title of its original enactment, by “requiring consent to permit a chemical test for intoxication as a prerequisite to operating a…