{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"53153","citation":"Gov. Code, § 53153","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5"},{"name":"DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 55821.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 54999.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General [53000. - 53170.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-2/part-1/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 8. Costs of Emergency Response [53150. - 53159.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-2/part-1/chapter-1/article-8"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 337, Sec. 1.","effective":null,"html":"<p>For purposes of this article, a person is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, when as a result of drinking an alcoholic beverage or using a drug, or both, his or her physical or mental abilities are impaired to a degree that he or she no longer has the ability to operate a motor vehicle, boat or vessel, or aircraft with the caution characteristic of a sober person of ordinary prudence under the same or similar circumstances. For purposes of this article, the presumptions described in Sections <a href=\"/veh/23152\">23152</a> and <a href=\"/veh/23155\">23155</a> of the Vehicle Code shall apply.</p>","text":"For purposes of this article, a person is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, when as a result of drinking an alcoholic beverage or using a drug, or both, his or her physical or mental abilities are impaired to a degree that he or she no longer has the ability to operate a motor vehicle, boat or vessel, or aircraft with the caution characteristic of a sober person of ordinary prudence under the same or similar circumstances. For purposes of this article, the presumptions described in Sections 23152 and 23155 of the Vehicle Code shall apply.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/costs-of-emergency-response-53153","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}