Opinion ID: 1679689
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Heading: Statutory Framework and Background Facts.

Text: A person commits the offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated if the driver has an alcohol concentration of .10 or above. Iowa Code § 321J.2(1)(b) (1991). If a person operates a motor vehicle under circumstances which give reasonable grounds to believe the person is driving while intoxicated, the driver is deemed to have given consent to a chemical test of his blood, breath or urine for the purpose of determining the alcohol concentration. Id. § 321J.6(1). If a person refuses to submit to a chemical test, his driver's license is automatically revoked. Id. § 321J.9. However, if the police officer does not offer a chemical test within two hours after the arrest is made, a test is not required and the driver's refusal of a test will not cause the revocation of his license. Id. § 321J.6(2). Here Kjos was requested to submit to a breath test more than two hours after his arrest. He was falsely told that his failure to take the test would result in the revocation of his driving privileges. On the basis of this information, he consented to the test.