§ 53a-56b] merely indicates the legislature's intent to enhance the existing criminal penalties for causing physical injury or death when driving while intoxicated in order to deter such conduct. See 25 H.R. Proc., Pt. 9, 1982 Sess., pp. 2771-72; 25 S. Proc., Pt. 11, 1982 Sess., p. 3645. As part of those reforms, the legislature changed the crime for causing a death when driving while intoxicated from what was then a class D felony - misconduct with a motor vehicle - to a class C felony, and increased the penalty to a possible ten years imprisonment. See Public Acts 1982, No. 82-403." State v. Kirsch, 263 Conn. 390, 419, 820 A.2d 236 (2003).
[6] See, for example, General Statutes §§ 53a-55a(a), 53a-56a(a), 53a-59a(b), 53a-60a(a), 53a-60b(b), 53a-60c(b), 53a-61a(b), 53a-70a(a), 53a-72b(a), 53a-92a(a), 53a-94a(a), 53a-102a(a) and 53a-103a(a).
[7] General Statutes § 14-227a(a) provides in relevant part: "No person shall operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug or both. A person commits the offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug or both if such person operates a motor vehicle (1) while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug or both, or (2) while such person has an elevated blood alcohol content...."