Opinion No.

The Honorable Rick Green State Representative

1807 Bunker Hill Drive Van Buren, Arkansas 72956-2836

Dear Representative Green:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion regardingAct 181 of 2009, which is codified at A.C.A. §§ 27-51-1501 to 27-51-1506 (Supp. 2009). You ask the following:

Specifically, I would like to know if a driver sitting in a parked car could be cited as violating Act 181. After some conversations with local law enforcement, I am concerned that this act could be applied in this manner. The police with whom I spoke contend that under Arkansas's DWI law an…