- Drinking laws in Kansas make it illegal to drive with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08.yellow car, a honda japanese sport car model image by alma_sacra from Fotolia.com
Although many people like to drink alcohol sometimes, alcoholic beverages cause a variety of health and safety risks that lead states to restrict drinking. Drinking laws in Kansas help keep drivers in the state safe and provide sales and age restrictions on drinking designed to minimize problems associated with alcohol. - Kansas law Chapter 41 Article 7 sets the state's legal drinking age at 21 years. People under 21 cannot possess, buy or drink alcohol. If a person older than 18 and younger than 21 gets caught drinking, he will face a fine of at least $200. Someone who drinks while under the age of 18 faces a fine of between $200 and $500. All underage drinkers lose their driving privileges for 30 days and may have to perform community service, regardless of whether they were driving when they were caught drinking. The state's laws also make it illegal for an adult to furnish alcohol to a minor and to host underage drinking. Individuals who have fake identification to appear older are also committing a crime in Kansas.
- Kansas Statute 41-2640 forbids clubs and drinking establishments from giving away free alcoholic drinks or charging less for drinks than the cost that the club had to pay for the alcohol. Alcoholic drink prices should factor in the cost of the alcohol in a drink and the cost of any nonalcoholic ingredients in an alcoholic beverage. Drinking establishments can only offer to serve an unlimited amount of drinks at a set price during private parties. Kansas drinking laws forbid drinking establishments from selling drinks to one person at a cheaper price than other customers, from promoting drinking games and from increasing the amount of alcohol in a drink while continuing to sell it at the day's normal price for the drink. Drinking establishments must have a price list for all drinks that they serve.
- Drinking laws in Kansas forbid anyone from driving with a blood alcohol concentration at 0.08 or higher. Drivers with blood alcohol concentrations above 0.15 face harsher penalties than drivers with blood alcohol concentrations between 0.08 and 0.15. Penalties for a first driving under the influence (DUI) offense in Kansas may include 48 hours of imprisonment, a mandatory alcohol safety education class, 100 hours of community service, a fine between $500 and $1,000, suspended and restricted driving privileges and an impounded vehicle. Multiple DUI offenses lead to longer possible jail times, higher fines, longer driving privilege suspensions and the requirement to have a device in future vehicles that prevents the car from turning on without a clean breathalyzer sobriety test.
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