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Any alternatives defined in subsection 1 may be pleaded in the
alternative.__The State may, but is not required to, elect an
alternative prior to submission to the fact finder.

 
For purposes of this subsection, a prior conviction has occurred
within the 6-year period if the date of docket entry by the clerk
of a judgment of conviction or adjudication is 6 years or less
from the date of the new conduct that is penalized or for which
the penalty is or may be enhanced.

 
In determining the appropriate sentence, the court shall consider
the defendant's record of convictions for hunting under the
influence or operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle or
watercraft while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or
drugs and for failure to comply with the duty to submit.__The
court may rely upon oral representations based on records
maintained by the courts, by the Department of Public Safety,
State Bureau of Identification; by the Secretary of State,
including telecommunications of records maintained by the
Secretary of State; or by the department.__If the defendant
disputes the accuracy of any representation concerning a
conviction or adjudication, the court shall grant a continuance
for the purposes of determining the accuracy of the record.

 
References in this Title to this subsection are deemed to refer
to the juvenile crime stated in Title 15, section 3103,
subsection 1, paragraph E and to the disposition, including a
suspension, for that juvenile crime as provided in Title 15,
section 3314, subsection 3, except as otherwise provided or when
the context clearly requires otherwise.

 
§10702.__Chemical tests

 
1.__Duty to submit.__The following persons have a duty to
submit to chemical testing.

 
A.__A person who operates or attempts to operate a
watercraft within this State has the duty to submit to a
test to determine that person's blood-alcohol level by
analysis of blood or breath if there is probable cause to
believe that person has operated or attempted to operate a
watercraft while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.__
The duty to submit to a blood-alcohol test includes the duty
to complete either a blood or breath test.__Tests and
procedures applicable in determining whether a person is
under the influence are governed by section 10703.

 
B.__A person who hunts wild animals or wild birds or
operates or attempts to operate a snowmobile or ATV within
this State has a duty to submit to a test to determine that


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