Opinion

After a hearing, the defendant commissioner of motor vehicles ordered the suspension of the motor vehicle operator’s license of the plaintiff, Justin M. Alvord, for having operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The plaintiff sought judicial review of the defendant’s order pursuant to General Statutes § 4-183, and the trial court reinstated the plaintiffs license. On appeal, the defendant claims that substantial evidence existed in the record to support its suspension order, and, thus, the court improperly determined that the hearing officer’s finding of fact that the plaintiff had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of “0.07 [percent] or more” prohibited the license suspension. We reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand this matter with direction to reinstate the defendant’s suspension order.

The facts are as follows. At approximately 5:13 p.m. on January 5, 2003, Trooper Daniel Bavosi of the state police observed the plaintiff operating his motor vehicle erratically and effectuated a stop.1 Bavosi detected a strong odor of alcohol on the plaintiffs breath, noticed that his eyes were glossy and bloodshot, and asked the plaintiff whether he had consumed any alcoholic beverages. After the plaintiff responded that he had consumed “a couple,” Bavosi administered field sobriety tests. The plaintiff passed the alphabet and walk-turn tests, but failed the horizontal gaze nystagmus and the one-leg stand tests. Bavosi arrested the plaintiff for *304operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of General Statutes § 14-227a.2

At the state police barracks, the plaintiff submitted to Breathalyzer tests. The first test, administered at 6:04 p.m., indicated a BAC of 0.152 percent; the second test, administered approximately thirty-one minutes later, indicated a BAC of 0.126 percent. Consequently, the defendant suspended the plaintiffs license for nine months in accordance with § 14-227b.3 Pursuant to the plaintiffs request under § 14-227b (e), the department of motor vehicles provided an administrative hearing in accordance with § 14-227b (g) to allow the plaintiff to contest his license suspension. Acting on behalf of the defendant, the hearing officer found, inter alia, that the plaintiff had “submitted to the test or analysis and the results indicated a BAC of 0.07 [percent] or more.”4 *305Accordingly, the defendant ordered the suspension of the plaintiffs license.

The plaintiff appealed to the trial court from the defendant’s order pursuant to § 4-183 (a). The court sustained the plaintiffs appeal because the hearing officer’s finding that the plaintiffs BAC was “0.07 [percent] or more” failed to satisfy the 0.08 percent BAC requirement, as provided in § 14-227a (a). This appeal followed.

“[J]udicial review of the commissioner’s action is governed by the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act [(UAPA), General Statutes §§ 4-166 through 4-189], and the scope of that review is very restricted. . . . [R]eview of an administrative agency decision requires a court to determine whether there is substantial evidence in the administrative record to support the agency’s findings of basic fact and whether the conclusions drawn from those facts are reasonable. . . . Neither this court nor the trial court may retry the case or substitute its own judgment for that of the administrative agency on the weight of the evidence or questions of fact. . . . Our ultimate duty is to determine, in view of all of the evidence, whether the agency, in issuing its order, acted unreasonably, arbitrarily, illegally or in abuse of its discretion.’’'’ (Citation omitted; emphasis added; internal quotation marks omitted.) Murphy v. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 254 Conn. 333, 343, 757 A.2d 561 (2000).

The defendant claims that because all four suspension criteria set forth in § 14-227b (g)5 were satisfied, the *306court improperly overturned the defendant’s decision to suspend the plaintiffs license.6 At issue in the present case is the third criterion set forth in § 14-227b (g), namely, whether substantial evidence existed in the record to support the defendant’s finding that the plaintiff had operated a motor vehicle with a BAC of 0.08 percent or more. Although the defendant found that the plaintiff “submitted to [Breathalyzer tests] and the results indicated a BAC of 0.07 [percent] or more,” our review of the record indicates that substantial evidence existed to support the defendant’s conclusion that the plaintiff operated a motor vehicle while he had an elevated blood alcohol content.

Bavosi testified that the plaintiff failed the horizontal gaze nystagmus and the one-leg stand field sobriety tests. Further, the plaintiff submitted to Breathalyzer tests, the results of which indicated a BAC of 0.152 percent and 0.126 percent, respectively.7 “An administrative finding is supported by substantial evidence if the record affords a substantial basis of fact from which the fact in issue can be reasonably inferred.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Murphy v. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, supra, 254 Conn. 343. In this case, *307the plaintiffs Breathalyzer test results clearly were in excess of the 0.08 percent elevated BAC requirement set forth in § 14-227a (a). On the basis of the foregoing, we conclude that the defendant’s order to suspend the plaintiffs license was reasonably supported by the evidence and it must be sustained.

The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded with direction to reinstate the defendant’s order suspending the plaintiffs license.

In this opinion FOTI, J., concurred.

dissenting. I would affirm the judgment of the trial court ordering the reinstatement of the plaintiffs motor vehicle operator’s license. Accordingly, I dissent.

The plaintiff, Justin M. Alvord, sought an administrative hearing, in accordance with General Statutes § 14-227b (g), in order to obtain the return of his license. Pursuant to § 14-227b (g), the hearing “shall be limited to a determination of the following issues: (1) Did the police officer have probable cause to arrest the person for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug or both; (2) was such person placed under arrest; (3) did such person refuse to submit to such test or analysis or did such person submit to such test or analysis, commenced within two hours of the time of operation, and the results of such test or analysis indicated that such person had an elevated blood alcohol content; and (4) was such person operating a motor vehicle.” General Statutes § 14-227a (a) defines “elevated blood alcohol content” as the “ratio of alcohol in the blood of such person that is eight-hundredths of one per cent or more of alcohol, by weight.” (Emphasis added.)

*308“If, after such hearing, the [defendant commissioner of motor vehicles] finds on any one of the said issues in the negative, the commissioner shall reinstate such license or operating privilege. . . .” (Emphasis added.) General Statutes § 14-227b (h).

The statutes are crystal clear. Unless the defendant finds that the operator’s blood alcohol content (BAC) was eight-hundredths of 1 percent or more, the defendant shall reinstate the operator’s license. The defendant’s only finding with respect to the plaintiffs BAC in this case was “0.07 [percent] or more.” Because the defendant failed to find that the plaintiffs BAC was 0.08 percent or more, the defendant, according to § 14-227b (h), must reinstate the plaintiffs license.

The majority excuses the defendant’s failure to find that the plaintiff had a BAC of 0.08 percent or more because there is “substantial evidence [in the record] to support the defendant’s conclusion that the plaintiff operated a motor vehicle while he had an elevated blood alcohol content.” Nevertheless, the majority’s reliance on the evidence in the record cannot control the outcome of this case for several reasons.

First, as previously pointed out, § 14-227b (h) mandates that the plaintiffs license be reinstated on the defendant’s failure to find any one of the issues required under § 14-227b (g). A finding that an operator’s BAC is “0.07 [percent] or more” does not satisfy a finding that the operator had an elevated blood alcohol content, as statutorily required. The legislature recently enacted Public Acts 2003, No. 03-154, which directs the court, including this appellate court, to give effect to the plain and unambiguous words of a statute. “The meaning of a statute shall, in the first instance, be ascertained from the text of the statute itself and its relationship to other statutes. If, after examining such text and considering such relationship, the meaning of such text is plain and unambiguous and does not yield absurd or unworkable *309results, extratextual evidence of the meaning of the statute shall not be considered.” Public Acts 2003, No. 03-154.

“We cannot ignore the plain wording of the statute.” State v. Lemoine, 256 Conn. 193, 207, 770 A.2d 491 (2001). “It is plain error for the trial court [and this appellate court] to fail to apply an applicable statute.” Connecticut National Bank v. Giacomi, 242 Conn. 17, 39, 699 A.2d 101 (1997). “If courts were free to pick and choose what part of a statute ... to rely on and what part to ignore, then the courts . . . would, in effect, draft the law as well as construe its meaning.” Florez v. Callahan, 156 F.3d 438, 443 (2d Cir. 1998). Indeed, by disregarding the mandate of § 14-227b (g), the plaintiffs due process rights are implicated. See Otero v. New York City Housing Authority, 484 F.2d 1122, 1135 (2d Cir. 1973).

Second, the majority looks for support in the results of two Breathalyzer tests performed on the plaintiff. The first test indicated that the plaintiff had a BAC of 0.152 percent. The second test, administered approximately thirty-one minutes later, indicated that the plaintiff had a BAC of 0.126 percent. Although the defendant found that the Breathalyzer test results “indicated a BAC of 0.07 [percent] or more,” the defendant’s subordinate findings make no mention of the Breathalyzer tests. “[J]udicial review of the commissioner’s action is governed by the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act [(UAPA), General Statutes §§ 4-166 through 4-189], and the scope of that review is very restricted. . . . [R]eview of an administrative agency decision requires a court to determine whether there is substantial evidence in the administrative record to support the agency’s findings of basic fact and whether the conclusions drawn from those facts are reasonable. . . . Neither this [appellate] court nor the trial court may retry the case or substitute its own judgment for that of the administrative agency on the weight of the evidence or *310questions of fact.” (Citation omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) Murphy v. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 254 Conn. 333, 343, 757 A.2d 561 (2000). In other words, it is not for this court to determine the facts.

Finally, whether the plaintiff was operating his vehicle erratically, smelt of alcohol or allegedly failed a sobriety test does not support a finding that the plaintiff had a BAC of 0.08 percent or more, as required by § 14-227a (a). Indeed, contrary to the majority’s “finding,” the record in this case reveals that the plaintiff passed physical tests such as the walk and turn test.1

Accordingly, as a result of the failure of the defendant to find that the plaintiff had a BAC of 0.08 percent or more, I believe that the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed and that the defendant should be ordered to reinstate the plaintiffs license.

I also disagree with the rescript in the majority opinion. Fairness would dictate that, on remand, the trial court should determine whether the defendant incorrectly denied the plaintiffs motion to reconsider his decision on the basis of a report from James E. O’Brien, Ph.D., M.D., in which O’Brien opined that in this case, the BAC could not be determined with reasonable scientific certainty.2

I dissent.