[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR1004.14]

[Page 228-229]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
                        CHAPTER X--PRESIDIO TRUST
 
PART 1004--VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC SAFETY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1004.14  Open container of alcoholic beverage.

    (a) Each person within a motor vehicle is responsible for complying 
with the provisions of this section that pertain to carrying an open 
container. The operator of a motor vehicle is the person responsible for 
complying with the provisions of this section that pertain to the 
storage of an open container.
    (b) Carrying or storing a bottle, can or other receptacle containing 
an alcoholic beverage that is open, or has been opened, or whose seal is 
broken or the contents of which have been partially removed, within a 
motor vehicle in the area administered by the Presidio Trust is 
prohibited.
    (c) This section does not apply to:
    (1) An open container stored in the trunk of a motor vehicle or, if 
a motor vehicle is not equipped with a trunk, to an open container 
stored in some other portion of the motor vehicle designed for the 
storage of luggage and not normally occupied by or readily accessible to 
the operator or passengers; or
    (2) An open container stored in the living quarters of a motor home 
or camper; or
    (3) Unless otherwise prohibited, an open container carried or stored 
in a motor vehicle parked at an authorized

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campsite where the motor vehicle's occupant(s) are camping.
    (d) For the purpose of paragraph (c)(1) of this section, a utility 
compartment or glove compartment is deemed to be readily accessible to 
the operator and passengers of a motor vehicle.