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To encourage States to enact and enforce a compliant alcohol open container law. Under Section 154, to avoid the transfer of funds, a State must enact and enforce an open container law that prohibits the possession of any open alcoholic beverage container, or the consumption of any alcoholic beverage, in the passenger area of any motor vehicle (including possession or consumption by the driver of the vehicle) located on a public highway, or the right-of-way of a public highway, in the State. 23 U.S.C. 154(b)(1)
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2016: States receiving these penalty transfer funds are designated for alcohol impaired driving programs and are subject to 23 U.S.C. Section 402. They could spend their funds on impaired driving countermeasures, including paid media to support alcohol impaired driving countermeasures, and enforcement of laws prohibiting driving while intoxicated, driving under the influence, or other related laws or regulations, including the purchase of equipment, training of officers, and the use of additional personnel for specific alcohol impaired driving countermeasures.
The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission provided Section 154 grant funds to support the forensic analysis of DWI cases in communities across 29 parishes in northern Louisiana.
States receiving these funds must use it for any alcohol impaired driving related countermeasures under Section 402.
States use these funds for enforcement of the State’s impaired driving laws, training on the State’s alcohol impaired driving laws, educational promotions using various media platforms.
Safer Highways Statewide (SHS). The California Highway Patrol will implement a 12-month statewide grant to combat fatal/injury crashes attributed to driving under the influence (DUI). Grant activities include sobriety/ driver license checkpoints, DUI task force operations, proactive DUI patrol operations, and a broad public awareness campaign in an effort to decrease the number of alcohol-involved fatal and injury cashes and associated victims on California’s roadways.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
