(a) In addition to any other penalties provided by the West Virginia Code or these Codified Ordinances, any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while having an alcohol concentration in his or her blood, breath or urine of four hundredths of one percent or more, by weight, shall be imprisoned for not less than twenty-four hours nor more than thirty days, and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). A person convicted of a second or any subsequent offense under the provisions of this subsection shall be imprisoned for a period of thirty days, and the court may, in its discretion, impose a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000).
(b) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be treated in the same manner set forth in West Virginia Code 17C-19-3, as if he or she had been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or of any controlled substance.
(c) In addition to any other penalties provided by the West Virginia Code or these Codified Ordinances, a person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle having any measurable alcohol in such person’s system or who refuses to take a preliminary breath test to determine such person’s blood alcohol content as provided by West Virginia Code 17E-1-15 shall be placed out of service for twenty-four hours by the arresting law- enforcement officer. (WVaC 17E-1-14)