Jim Logajan wrote:

"Matt Barrow" wrote:

"Erik" wrote in message
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Hahaha. Yeah, never been in trouble in my life, but now
I'm a goddamned soul-sucking criminal.

Note: Multinomah county (where Portland actually is) is not
the same, they actually have a .08 rule, so if you go downtown
and have a couple beers, then drive into Washington county,
you're only a criminal once you cross the county line.

Unusual. I've never heard of traffic laws being defined at any other
level that the state level.


It appears some states allow counties to do that sort of thing, and
according to this source one Montana county used that authority to adopt
open container laws:

http://alcoholism.about.com/b/a/013416.htm

But I can't find anything to support the claim that Washington county in
Oregon has the alleged law. Not that it doesn't exist, but I'm finding it
difficult to verify with online searches.

I found out the hard way. I cannot for the life of me find
documentation of it, either. It's not a very publicly touted
law. There's no commercials about it on TV and if you look in
the Washington county website (google for Washington county
oregon law and skip past the lawyers) it's impossible to find.

My lawyer seemed to agree with the county, though, and I paid
his ass, no state-appointed crap for me, dammit.