An officer lawfully arrests a driver for suspected DUI and asks for a breath test. The driver refuses. Under Nebraska's implied consent law, what follows?

Correct answer: The refusal is a separate crime, and the license faces a one-year administrative revocation.

Why

Anyone who drives in Nebraska has already agreed to a chemical test of blood, breath or urine when an officer lawfully asks after a DUI arrest. A refusal leads to an administrative license revocation of one year, and it can also be prosecuted as its own crime, with penalties like those for a high-BAC DUI. At the arrest the officer takes the license and gives a temporary license that is valid for 15 days.

Verified against Nebraska Class O Driver's Manual · Implied Consent Law · p. 32, 25, 28