SECTION 154 TRANSFER PROGRAM: OPEN CONTAINER (23 C.F.R. PART 1270; 23 U.S.C. A 154) AEUR PENALTY TRANSFER FUNDS TO SUPPORT ALCOHOL AND DRUG-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES IN STATES THAT FAIL TO ENACT AND ENFORCE CONFORMING OPEN ALCOHOL CONTAINER LAWS. UNDER SECTION 154, TO AVOID THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS, A STATE MUST ENACT AND ENFORCE AN OPEN CONTAINER LAW THAT PROHIBITS THE POSSESSION OF ANY OPEN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINER, OR THE CONSUMPTION OF ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, IN THE PASSENGER AREA OF ANY MOTOR VEHICLE (INCLUDING POSSESSION OR CONSUMPTION BY THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE) LOCATED ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY, OR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A PUBLIC HIGHWAY, IN THE STATE. 23 U.S.C. 154(B)(1)